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Excerpt from An Account of the First Voyages and Discoveries Made by the Spaniards in America: Containing the Most Exact Relation Hitherto Publish'd, of Their Unparallel'd Cruelties on the Indians, in the Destruction of Above Forty Millions of PeopleWhat the Bifho'pfays here and there in favor, of his own Religion, is /o weak, and has heen fa often, exploded here and every where elfie where the Refer-g mation has ohtain'd, that 'twould he unne...

Basta esta cita para comprender la idea del «buen gobierno» de los Incas descrita por Bartolomé de las Casas:Consideraba en esta visita de la tierra, si se podía hacer alguna semilla o árboles y frutales que no fructificaban, o no tanto, en otras partes, y era necesaria, y traía de otra tierra hombres que la supiesen sembrar y cultivar y a los naturales de allí lo enseñasen, a los cuales mandaba galardonar y repartir tierras y solares para sus...

Bartolome de las Casas, O.P. (1484-1566), was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican priest, writer and the first resident Bishop of Chiapas. With his father, las Casas emigrated to the island of Hispaniola, in 1502 on the expedition of Nicolas de Ovando, during which he witnessed the brutalities committed against the Tainos. He joined the Dominican monastery in Santo Domingo in 1523. There he continued his theological studies. He helped to oversee ...

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a Faithful Narrative of the Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and All Manner of Cruelties, That Hell and Malice Could Invent, Committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the Inhabitants of West...