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Author: Ponce, Alonso (1584-89) from the library of Professor George M Foster Year: 1873 Publisher: Imprenta de la Viuda de Calero Place: Madrid Description: 2 volumes: [ii]+548 pages; [ii]+572 pages. Octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in full leather with gilt lettering to red and black spine labels. Written by those who accompanied him, Antonio de Ciudad Real and Alonso de San Roman. from the library of Professor George M Foster. First edition. Fray Alonso Ponce arrived in New Spain in 1584 with the title of Commissary General for the Franciscan Order in New Spain. from then until 1589 he traveled through the various Franciscan provinces from Guadalajara to Nicaragua, visiting friars and correcting abuses. The two friars who accompanied him successively as his secretaries noted down the incidents of his travels and observations about the various regions and peoples. It is generally accepted that the two secretaries were Alonso de San Roman and Antonio de Ciudad Real. The work is an invaluable record of life in Middle America toward the end of the 16th Century. Scattered through its pages are many items of ethno-historical interest. The narrative of Ponces' journey was first published in Madrid in 1873 from a manuscript in the possession of Mariano de Zabalburu. A good index was published separately in 1949 by Raul Guerrero. Another was prepared by Grace Metcalf and published in 1946. George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18,

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