Luis Vaes de Torres papers, 1605-1946

A 1972
A 2508
A 2518/vol. 1
A 2518/vol. 2
C 403

fonds

1605-1946

950494

Microfilm : CY 4631, frames 116 - 145 (C 403)

3 volumes of textual material - manuscript, manuscript copy, typescript
2 volumes of reproductions - photocopies

A 1972
Relacion sumaria del descubrimto que enpeco pero fernandez de quiros portugues en la mar del Zur en las partes australes asta la isle de yrenei por el dicha la grande astrialia del spiritu sancto. y le acabo El capitan don diego de prado que al presente es monge de nuestro padre sanct basilio magno de madrid con asistencia del capitan luis baes de torres con la nao san pedrico el ano de 1607 asta la ciudad de manila a 22 de mayo de dicho ano a honnra y gloria del omnipotente dios amen / by Diego de Prado y Tovar (Translation: Summary account of the discovery begun by Pero Fernandez de Quiros, a Portuguese, in the Southern Sea in the southern parts up to the island of Irenei called by him the Great Astrialia of the Holy Spirit, and completed for him by Captain Don Diego de Prado, now a monk of our father Saint Basil the Great of Madrid, with the help of Captain Luis Vaes de Torres in the ship San Pedrico in the year 1607 up to the city of Manila on the 22 of May of the said year, to the honour and glory of the omnipotent God, Amen), 1607-1615

This is a photocopy of original manuscript (Original located at Safe 1 / 73)

A 2508
Remarks on the Prado y Tobar manuscript / by A. Gschaedler, 1946

A 2518/vol. 1
Photocopies of manuscripts offered for sale by the Rosenbach Company in 1931 including 'only known' signature of Quiros; Commission of P.F. de Quiros naming the sailing masters M. Noble and G. de Gay to command ships on the discovery of the unknown Austral regions; Document giving power of attorney to M. de Barros for all purposes and for giving liberty to a mulato boy / by Luis Vaes de Torres; five letters of instruction signed by five sailors of Quiros, M. de Casanova and others, 1605

A 2518/vol. 2
Translation of the first and second manuscripts in volume 1 with notes by A.G. Piddington (typescript), 1936

C 403
Relacion de descumbrimientos, 1607 (Account of discoveries, 1607) (manuscript copy) / typed extracts in English by Consuelo R. Vda de Aldag in behalf of the Mitchell Library

Remarks on the Prado y Tobar manuscript (A 2508): content-lists.sl.nsw.gov.au/tabular-list/remarks-prado-y-tobar-manuscript-2508

Information transferred from Short Catalogue (typed) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012