Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
In many cases, Bancroft uses both "u" and "v" to spell an author’s name. Examples include:
Villagutierre and Villagvtierre
Mondo Nuovo and Mondo Nvovo
Villagutierre and Villagvtierre
Aluarado and Alvarado
Gvat. and Guat.
Cogolludo and Cogollvdo
Vetancurt and Vetancvrt.
Other archaic letter substitutions include b for v, i for y, x for j, i for j, ç or c for z and vice versa. These have been left as printed.
Possible printers errors include:
Quauhtemoctzin or Quauhtemotzin
Verrazano or Verrazzano
Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo
Fricius or Frisius
Gatinara or Gattinara
Veitia and Veyia
Loaysa and Loaisa
Fitz-Roy and FitzRoy
Cohuanococh and Cohuanacoch
Ahpotzotzil or Ahpozotzil
embassadors or ambassadors
unincombered or unencumbered
Albitez or Albites
Lucayos or Lucayas
Castelhanus or Castelhanos
Quauhtemali or Quauhtimali.
The book cited as "Meer oder Seehanen Buch" should be "Meerhanen oder Seehanen der Königen von Hispanien", a chapter about (not by) Columbus. The same correction applies to the entry for "Löw (Conr.)"
The book cited as "Delaporte. Reisen Eines Franzosen oder Beschreibung." has an incomplete title. The complete title is "Reisen Eines Franzosen Oder Beschreibung Der Vornehmsten Reiche In Der Welt."
The book cited as "Santarem (M. le Vicomte), Memoire sur la question ..." has an incomplete title. The complete title is "Memoire sur la question de savoir á quelle époque que L'Amérique Meridionale a cessé d'être représentée dans les cartes géographiques comme une île d'une grande étendue."
The punctuation in Footnote IX-8 was left as printed.
Italics in the footnote citations were inconsistently applied by the typesetter.
Accents and other diacritics are inconsistently used.
This volume contains references to the previous five volumes of this work. They can be found at:
Volume 1:
Volume 2:
Volume 3:
Volume 4:
Volume 5:
THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT.
VOLUME VI.