A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Cover of the Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias
AuthorBartolomé de las Casas
Original titleLa Brevísima relación
LanguageSpanish
Publication date
1552[1]
Publication placeSpanish Empire

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies[2][3] (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times and sent to then Prince Philip II of Spain.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II". World Digital Library. 1620. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  2. ^ Also translated and published in English as A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, among several other variants.
  3. ^ Casas, Bartolomé de las; Ternaux-Compans, Henri; Eguiguren, Francisco Antonio de fmo RIBRL (1552). Breuissima relacion de la destruycion de las Indias. John Carter Brown Library. Fue impressa la presente obra enla muy noble & muy leal ciudad de Seuilla : En casa de Sebastian Trugillo impressor de libros. A nuestra señora de Gracia.

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