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1921 · FGO713-29 — Boston:: Directors of the Old South Work 1921. Pamphlet. Very Good. Series: Old South Leaflets No. 39. Pamphlet. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 16 pp. Old South Meeting House vignette on page 1 bibliographic notes at end; text clean unmarked. Self-wraps stapled; binding square and tight minor shelf-wear and soiling. Very Good. This piece consists of excerpts from chapters 30-36 of Cabeza de Vaca's La Relación first published in Madrid 1542 in an 1851 translation by Thomas Buckingham Smith 1810-1871. La Relación tells of Cabeza de Vaca's adventures during eight years of travel with the Narvaez expedition in the Southwest of the current United States in the 16th century. This is Cabeza de Vaca's account of the first European's penetration into New Mexico. Directors of the Old South Work, unknown books