Ulloa, D. Antonio de, and D. Jorge Juan:

$9,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

NOTICIAS SECRETAS DE AMERICA, SOBRE EL ESTADO NAVAL, MILITAR, Y POLITICO DE LOS REYNOS DEL PERU Y PROVINCIAS DE QUITO, COSTAS DE NUEVA GRANADA Y CHILE: GOBIERNO Y REGIMEN PARTICULAR DE LOS PUEBLOS DE ... An exemplary and large copy of Ulloa and Juan's 1749 secret report to King Ferdinand VI detailing Spanish atrocities in South America, published in London but printed in Spanish, and here published for the first time anywhere. Prior to this publication, the report existed only as a secret state paper in Madrid. After Peru achieved independence from Spain in 1826, the report was discovered in the Spanish colonial archives and was spirited away to London, where the text was edited for publication by David Barry. The engraved portraits picture Antonio de Ulloa and Jorge Juan, respectively.The text is practically a catalogue of fraudulent activities and abuses wrought by the colonial Spanish government upon the indigenous peoples of Peru and other colonies in Spanish America. It describes the frauds and scandals perpetrated by Spanish civil employees, clergy, and courts, most notably the oppression and cruelty of the Spanish in their dealings with the native peoples. A taste for the contents can be read in a translation of the titlepage provided in the 1875 Field auction catalogue, which reads: "SECRET NOTICES OF AMERICA, UPON THE NAVAL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE KINGDOM OF PERU, THE PROVINCES OF QUITO, NEW GRANADA, AND CHILI. THE EXPENSE OF THEIR GOVERNMENT, AND P

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