TY  - GEN
AU  - Kraus,Hans Peter
TI  - Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents,
KW  - Aguirre, Lope de,
KW  - Arredondo, Antonio de.
KW  - Casas, Bartolomé de las,
KW  - Calderón, Antonio de.
KW  - Céspedes Vallejo Diaz, Pedro de.
KW  - Gourgues, Dominique de,
KW  - Landa, Diego de,
KW  - Mendoza, Antonio de,
KW  - Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar,
KW  - Pereyns, Simón,
KW  - Quiroga y Losada, Diego.
KW  - Ursúa, Pedro de,
KW  - Velasco, Luis de,
KW  - Verrazzano, Giovanni da,
KW  - Vespucci, Amerigo,
KW  - Zumárraga, Juan de,
KW  - Gourgues family.
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Indians
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - New Spain
KW  - Indians, Treatment of
KW  - Inquisition
KW  - Taxation
KW  - America
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Florida
KW  - History
KW  - France
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Spain
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - North America
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - Collectors
KW  - itoamc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004019.3
ER  -