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DIAZ, Juan. Manuscript entitled 'Itinerario del armata del Rey Catolico in India verso la Isola de Iucatan del anno M.D.XVIII. al la quale fu presidente il Capitano generale Johan de Grisalva: Il quale e Facto per lo cappellano maggiore de dicta armata, et mandato a sua alteza', in Italian, second quarter of 16th century, 13 leaves on paper with watermarks similar to Briquet 49 for Florence 1511, folio (288 x 217mm.), blanks, the outer bifolium with watermarks similar to Briquet 207 for Italy 1573-92, some leaves waterstained affecting text, later gilt paper boards, in green morocco box.
AN EARLY SCRIBAL FAIR COPY OF THE VOYAGE OF GRIJALVA TO YUCATAN. On the order of Velasquez, governor of Cuba, Grijalva coasted the shores to the north of the peninsular of Yucatan and up the Mexican coast as far as the Panuco river. The account describes the Mayas, their customs and way of life, their towns and architecture, food and livestock, as well as religion, including human sacrifice. Diaz also records the reception of the Europeans, which was usually friendly, but on one occasion hostile when lives were lost on both sides. The expedition was able to obtain a large amount of gold as well as knowledge to enable the 1519 expedition of Pineda to chart the whole coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, and the 1520 conquest of Mexico by Cortes. Diaz's account was published separately in Venice in 1520, of which Alden European Americana, (1980-82), no.1520/10 records a single located copy. The text was then appended to the Venice publication of Itinerario de Ludovico de Varthema of the same year, which was reprinted in 1526 and 1535. The complete text of Varthema with Grijalva's account was published in Spanish translation by J. Cromberger in Seville also in 1520. It is interesting to speculate that the final line of the manuscript 'dapentirsi di haverla copiata' would indicate a surreptitious copy from the original separate publication, rather than from the later printed form. The copying of an important text concerning the New World such as this is not unusual at this period, and the rarity of the original edition indicates this possibility.
AN EARLY SCRIBAL FAIR COPY OF THE VOYAGE OF GRIJALVA TO YUCATAN. On the order of Velasquez, governor of Cuba, Grijalva coasted the shores to the north of the peninsular of Yucatan and up the Mexican coast as far as the Panuco river. The account describes the Mayas, their customs and way of life, their towns and architecture, food and livestock, as well as religion, including human sacrifice. Diaz also records the reception of the Europeans, which was usually friendly, but on one occasion hostile when lives were lost on both sides. The expedition was able to obtain a large amount of gold as well as knowledge to enable the 1519 expedition of Pineda to chart the whole coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, and the 1520 conquest of Mexico by Cortes. Diaz's account was published separately in Venice in 1520, of which Alden European Americana, (1980-82), no.1520/10 records a single located copy. The text was then appended to the Venice publication of Itinerario de Ludovico de Varthema of the same year, which was reprinted in 1526 and 1535. The complete text of Varthema with Grijalva's account was published in Spanish translation by J. Cromberger in Seville also in 1520. It is interesting to speculate that the final line of the manuscript 'dapentirsi di haverla copiata' would indicate a surreptitious copy from the original separate publication, rather than from the later printed form. The copying of an important text concerning the New World such as this is not unusual at this period, and the rarity of the original edition indicates this possibility.