Note XII‑16 — Chapter XII · ALVARADO'S LAST EXPEDITION. 1537-1541.
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In Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., iii. 351-62, is a copy of the agreement between Alvarado and the viceroy. Oviedo gives the copy of a letter addressed by Mendoza to himself, in which the viceroy states that the king, in his contract with Alvarado, was pleased to give him a share in the discoveries without his knowledge or solicitation, iii. 540. Mendoza states that this share was one half. Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., iii. 507. Article 20 of Alvarado's capitulation with the crown authorized him to give Mendoza one third interest in his armament. Vazquez, Chronica de Gvat., 159.