Epistola apologetica a la Magestad Catolica de D. Felipe el Grande, dignissimo principe de la monarquia española
Subtitle: contra el parecer de cierto ministro consultado por Su Magestad sobre la recuperacion de Portugal
By: Escriuela D. Hernando de Molina, y Saauedra mouido del zelo del seruicio de Su Magestad Catolica cuya felicidad mas desea
Contributors: Sucena, conde de; Vasconcelos, Manoel de
Publisher: Por Cornelio Egmondt.
Published: 1650
Place of publication: En Colonia Agrippina [i.e. Cologne]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 425
Subjects: History; Foreign relations; Colonies
Other titles: Epistola apologetica a la Magestad Catolica de D. Felipe el Grande, dignisimo principe de la monarqvia española.
Notes: Hernando de Molina y Saavedra was the pseudonym of Fulgencio Leitam. Cf. Barbosa Machado.

This work details events related to the exploration and colonial rule in America including Brazil, Africa, and Asia by the Portuguese and Spanish. It also vividly accounts for rebellions, governmental policies and negotiations, missionaries activities, and forced conversions.  The author dedicates several sections to events related to Brazil and the Dutch presence in the region.

Signatures: A-3G⁴ (2H2, 3A2 missigned 2H3, 3A3) (A1 verso blank) 3H² (3H1 verso, 3H2 blank)

Engraved printer's ornament on title page; tail piece; initials.

Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), 174845.

Barbosa Machado, D. Bibliotheca lusitana historica, critica, e cronologica, II, p. 307.

Text primarily in Spanish, with some notes in Latin.