THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
[SOUTH AMERICA] Relacion de lo que los Espanoles, y Indios de Buenos Ayres executaron en defense de la possession, que en las Islas, y tierra firme de S. Gabriel...y del desalojamiento de la gente del Brasil, que passo a poblar en dichas Islas por parte de la Corona de Portugal, con orden, e instrucciones de su Principe Regente.... Lima, Peru: Diego de Lyra, 1680.
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[SOUTH AMERICA] Relacion de lo que los Espanoles, y Indios de Buenos Ayres executaron en defense de la possession, que en las Islas, y tierra firme de S. Gabriel...y del desalojamiento de la gente del Brasil, que passo a poblar en dichas Islas por parte de la Corona de Portugal, con orden, e instrucciones de su Principe Regente.... Lima, Peru: Diego de Lyra, 1680.
Folio,4pp., unbound, as issued, woodcut arms on title, a few scattered wormholes, otherwise in very good condition.
A PRO-SPANISH ACCOUNT OF THE CONFLICT WITH PORTUGAL OVER CONTROL OF SAN GABRIEL IN PRESENT-DAY URUGUAY. This vivid account begins with a lamentation for the tragic loss of life sustained by these two Catholic powers, contesting for dominance in South America: "Our nation does not celebrate, but rather suffers from such triumphs when blood is vainly lost," especially when the blood could have been shed for the Church "and in defense of its truths." That noble sentiment out of the way, the remainder of this spirited account unapologetically defends the decision by Spanish forces to violently oust a new Portuguese outpost on the rocky coast of Uruguay, on the border between Brazil and Argentina. Veteran Portuguese general and now Brazilian governor, Manuel Lobo, had established Colonia, a fort on the Uruguayan coast. Its presence signaled Portugal's desire to expand into Spanish-controlled Argentina. The chronicle describes how "On the seventh of August, at the break of dawn, our people advanced to the Citadel, which the Portuguese defended as swiftly and boldly as ever, using their firearms...over the two hours that the conflict lasted ....God our Lord granted the victory to our reason and justice, as all the enemies suffered death or imprisonment." Some 125 Portuguese died and 150 were taken prisoner, while 5 Spaniards died and 11 were wounded, "while thirty-one of our Indians died, a hundred and four were wounded, forty-five Negro men and women were captured..." RARE. Only one other copy is recorded in auction records for the last 25 years. Palau y Dulcet 258839. Not in Medina, Biblioteca hispanoamericana.
Folio,4pp., unbound, as issued, woodcut arms on title, a few scattered wormholes, otherwise in very good condition.
A PRO-SPANISH ACCOUNT OF THE CONFLICT WITH PORTUGAL OVER CONTROL OF SAN GABRIEL IN PRESENT-DAY URUGUAY. This vivid account begins with a lamentation for the tragic loss of life sustained by these two Catholic powers, contesting for dominance in South America: "Our nation does not celebrate, but rather suffers from such triumphs when blood is vainly lost," especially when the blood could have been shed for the Church "and in defense of its truths." That noble sentiment out of the way, the remainder of this spirited account unapologetically defends the decision by Spanish forces to violently oust a new Portuguese outpost on the rocky coast of Uruguay, on the border between Brazil and Argentina. Veteran Portuguese general and now Brazilian governor, Manuel Lobo, had established Colonia, a fort on the Uruguayan coast. Its presence signaled Portugal's desire to expand into Spanish-controlled Argentina. The chronicle describes how "On the seventh of August, at the break of dawn, our people advanced to the Citadel, which the Portuguese defended as swiftly and boldly as ever, using their firearms...over the two hours that the conflict lasted ....God our Lord granted the victory to our reason and justice, as all the enemies suffered death or imprisonment." Some 125 Portuguese died and 150 were taken prisoner, while 5 Spaniards died and 11 were wounded, "while thirty-one of our Indians died, a hundred and four were wounded, forty-five Negro men and women were captured..." RARE. Only one other copy is recorded in auction records for the last 25 years. Palau y Dulcet 258839. Not in Medina, Biblioteca hispanoamericana.