Seville, Archivo General de Indias, MS 295, Sección 1a

Book of Privileges Facsimile Edition

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The Book of Privileges is a collection of documents issued by Ferdinand V, King of Aragon, and Isabella I, Queen of Castile, to Christopher Columbus (then titled "Admiral of the Ocean Sea"), which laid the groundwork for the European conquest and colonization of the Americas. The manuscript, produced in 1498 in Spain on paper and parchment, was probably compiled in the direction of Columbus; it is, therefore, an early edition of his 1502 compilation, famously distributed before his fourth voyage.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Book of Privileges": Libro de los Privilegios facsimile edition, published by Testimonio Compañía Editorial, 1992

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Libro de los Privilegios

Madrid: Testimonio Compañía Editorial, 1992

  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Book of Privileges: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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