The first extant letter from America of Diego Columbus, son and successor of Christopher Columbus, dated january 12, 1512.
Publisher: Maggs bros.
Published: 1929
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Colón, Diego, d. 1526.; Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco, 1436?-1517; Velázquez, Diego, 1460?-1523?
Notes: "We give a description herewith of a remarkable manuscript in our possession."-- Publisher's foreword. Text of letter not given.
Includes brief sketches of the lives of Diego Columbus, Cardinal Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros, to whom the letter is adresses, and Diego Velazquez, leader of the Cuban expedition of which the letter is a record.
"Notes on Diego Columbus's letters" including "list of the documents known, bearing Diego Columbus's signature": p. 23.