Kraus, Hans Peter 1907-1988 creator mixed material monographic eng fre ita spa 300 11 4 4 Letters, decrees, order books, reports, instructions, dispatches, printed material, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the history and culture of colonial Spanish America including Florida and other territories now part of the U.S. Subjects include exploration of the New World; the government of New Spain, especially Mexico; the Catholic Church in Mexico and the administration of the Mexican Inquisition; taxation and economic conditions in the colonies; Spanish relations with Native Americans and the French; loss of portions of the Spanish empire to American expansion; and the New Laws of the Indies, 1542. Individuals represented in the collection include Lope de Aguirre, Antonio de Arredondo, Antonio de Calderón, Bartolomé de las Casas, Pedro de Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, members of the Gourgues family including Dominique de Gourgues, Diego de Landa, Antonio de Mendoza, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Simón Pereyns, Diego Quiroga y Losada, Pedro de Ursa͠, Luis de Velasco, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Amerigo Vespucci, and Juan de Zumárraga. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 14,833. Microfilm produced from the Collection of Spanish American documents of Hans Peter Kraus in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. Bookman, collector, and bibliophile. Died 1988. Collection material in English, Spanish, French, and Italian. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019 Aguirre, Lope de -1561 Arredondo, Antonio de Casas, Bartolomé de las 1474-1566 Calderón, Antonio de Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, Pedro de Gourgues, Dominique de 1530?-1593 Landa, Diego de 1524-1579 Mendoza, Antonio de 1492?-1552 Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar active 16th century Pereyns, Simón -1589 Quiroga y Losada, Diego Ursúa, Pedro de 1526-1561 Velasco, Luis de 1500?-1564 Verrazzano, Giovanni da 1485-1528 Vespucci, Amerigo 1451-1512 Zumárraga, Juan de 1468-1548 Gourgues family Catholic Church Mexico Indians Legal status, laws, etc New Spain Indians, Treatment of New Spain Inquisition Mexico Taxation New Spain America Discovery and exploration Florida History France Foreign relations Spain Mexico Politics and government New Spain Politics and government North America History Spain Colonies America Spain Colonies America Economic policy Spain Foreign relations France Spain Foreign relations United States United States Foreign relations Spain United States History United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Collectors mm 78031013 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019.3 Open to research. DLC 780803 20260227111625.0 mm 78031013