A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies.
Artista: No identificado
Siglo XIX · España / América
Colección: Hispanismo
This image is the title page of the "Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies," a seminal 16th-century work by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas. The typographic style is characteristic of publications from the era, with decorative capital letters and a hierarchical arrangement of text. The work denounces the atrocities committed against indigenous peoples during the Spanish conquest, making it a historically significant document.
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