(FLORIDA) Ferro Machado Juan Señor El Bachiller Visitador

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(FLORIDA.) Ferro Machado, Juan. Señor. El Bachiller . . . Visitador General de las Provincias de la Florida. bound with, as usual--Ayeta, Francisco de. Señor. Al mas Modesto, y Prudente, nunca pudiera causar Admiracion . . . No title pages, as issued. Folio, contemporary vellum with cord clasps and spine title reading "Fuero, Real de España"; 4 embossed early owners' insignia on edges, lacking large sections of final 2 leaves with substantial loss of text, with early paper reinforcement. [Madrid, 1688; 1690?]

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Ferro Machado was sent by the Bishop of Cuba to make an inspection of Florida, but was thwarted by the Franciscan leadership at St. Augustine for lacking the proper credentials. His report to the king (the first part of this volume) noted that the local Indians were being poorly treated by the Franciscans, and recommended the formation of a separate bishopric for Florida. This prompted de Ayeta's much longer rebuttal (the second part). European Americana, 688/92, 690/13; not in Palau or Sabin; mentioned in Medina BHA VI:6238, 7136; discussed at length in the 1866 Supplement to the Cyclopædia of American Literaure, 13-14.