De la natural hystoria de las Indias

Bok av Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés
The first edition (Toledo, 1526) is here reproduced in facsimile in honor of Professor Sterling A. Stoudemire. Oviedo, an official chronicler of the Indies, describes in naive but charming fashion the dazzling variety of new flora and fauna as well as the customs of the Indians he has observed in the Caribbean Islands.