Theatro Americano, descripción general de los reinos y provincias de la Nueva España y sus jurisdicciones

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Author: Villaseñor y Sánchez, José Antonio (1703-1759) f rom the library of George M Foster . Year: 1952 Publisher: Editora Nacional Place: Mexico City Description: 2 volumes. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in facsimile velum with title printed in red and black on covers and horizontally ink lettered. Introduction by Francisco Gonzalez de Cossio. From the library of George M Foster . Second edition limited to 500 copies of which this is number 13. José Antonio Villaseñor y Sánchez was an 18th-century geographer, historian, and mathematician in New Spain. He was born in San Luis Potosí, México and studied at San Ildefonso in Mexico City. He became an accountant, and later official cosmographer (geographer) of New Spain. By order of Philip V, the viceroy of New Spain, Conde de Fuenclara, was commanded in 1740 to have a report prepared on the true condition of the provinces of his jurisdiction. He commissioned José Antonio Villaseñor y Sánchez to prepare the report. Villaseñor occupied a number of important posts: official mayor of the Contaduria de Reales Tributos, contador general de la azogues, and cosmographer of New Spain. He wrote a number of works of mathematical and astronomical interest. The outcome of this commission by Fuenclara was the Theatro Americano, descripción general de los reinos y provincias de la Nueva España y sus jurisdicciones . It appeared in two volumes in 1746 and 1748. The first volume contains introductory chapters on pre-Spanish and Spanish h

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