Spain (London, 1672) gives the diplomatic fence between the two countries relative to the English occupancy of Campeche and Yucatan by their cutters of logwood.1 For a later period see Serapio Banquiero's Ensayo histórico sobre las Revolucionas de Yucatan (Merida, 1871-72). The bibliography of Guatemala has been already sketched (ante, II. p. 419), some of the works coming down to the later period; but the main recourse for titles is, as before, Bancroft's list to his Central America (vol. i.) and his general review of sources (vol. ii. pp. 735-762), covering the colonial period of the Central American provinces, which is mainly, however, a grouping of various published collections of voyages, which include such as touched at some point the Spanish-American coasts. The Spanish contributions never completed as the title promised. Los tres Siglos de la dominacion Española en Yucatan, & sea Historia de esta provincia desde la conquista hasta la independencia (vol. i., Campeche, 1842; ii., Merida, 1845). 1 The book also sets forth the French claim to catching cod on the Newfoundland banks because of early visits of the Biscayans to those parts, while the English urged the priority of Cabot (Stevens, Bibl. Geog., no. 2588). The question was still pending when it was settled by a convention between Spain and England, July 14, 1786, in accordance with which Faden, the English cartographer, issued a Map of the part of Yucatan allotted to Great Britain for the cutting of logwood (London, 1787). * From Prévost's l'oyages (Paris, 1754), vol. xii. to this class of books are scant, and even the interest throughout Europe which instigated the allied publications of Green in England, of Prévost in France, and of the Allgemeine Hist. der Reisen in Leipzig had no corresponding issue in Spain. This lack must be supplied by the editorial work of José Terrer de Couto and José March y Labores upon the Historia de la Marina Real Española (Madrid, 1849, 1854), by the voyage of Drake, by the maritime expeditions up the California coast, and by other literary aspects of Spanish American naval history. The Nuevo Viajero Universal of N. Fernandez Cuesta (Madrid, 1859) covers the later times. The distinctive missionary efforts in Guatemala of the later period came through the founding of the Bethlehemite order in 1673, and the labors of their founder are described in the Storia della Vita, Virtú, Donni e Grazzie del Pietro di S. Giuseppe Betancur, fondatore dell' ordine Betlemitico nelle Indie occidentali (Rome, 1739), and the vicis 1 Cf. ante, Vol. I., Introd. situdes of the order are followed in José Garcia de la Concepcion's Historia Bethlehemitica (Seville, 1723). The provinces of Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama are still best represented in the list in Bancroft's Central America, vol. i. (particularly pp. xlvi, liv, lvii, lxv, lxxi). The early documentary sources are best gathered in the Coleccions of Peralta and Fernandez.1 The descriptive travels of Gage, Coreal, Uring, and Cockburn afford us the observations of their time.2 The latest survey of the history of the Balize is in A. R. Gibbs' British Honduras: an historical and descriptive account of the colony from its settlement, 1670. Compiled from original and authentic sources (London, 1883). Macaulay, in his Hist. of England, gives a readable account of the unfortunate Scotch colony at Darien, based largely upon the numerous contemporary publications.* 1 Ante, II. pp. ix, 398. 2 Thos. Gage, The English-American, his travail by sea and land, first issued in London, 1648, and often later in various tongues (Carter-Brown, ii. p. 612; Sabin's Dictionary). François Coreal, Voyages aux Indes occidentales (Paris and Amsterdam, 1722). Captain Nathaniel Uring's History of [his] Voyages and Travels (London, 1726), with a map of the Bay of Honduras. John Cockburn's A journey overland from the gulf of Honduras to the great South Sea. Performed by John Cockburn, and five other Englishmen, viz., Thomas Rounce, Richard Banister, John Holland, Thomas Robinson, and John Ballman [etc.], 1731 (London, 1735). It was reprinted as The Unfortunate Englishman (London, 1740, 1779). 3 Cf. also Bancroft's Cent. America, ii. ch. 31; Berthold Seeman's Hist. of the Isthmus of Panama (Panama, 1867); Retrospective Review, n. s., ii.; Burney's Chronol. Hist. Disc. in the South Seas; and Edward Cullen's Isthmus of Darien ship canal; with a full history of the Scotch colony of Darien, several maps, views of the country, and original documents, 2d ed., enlarged. [With Appendix.] (London, 1853.) An act of the Parliament of Scotland for erecting an East India Company (Edinburgh, 1695; London, 1695). Observations of a person of eminence and worth in Caledonia (Mr. Patterson) written to his friend in Boston, N. E., on their Scots' settlement, New Edinburgh, at Darien in America. St. Andrews, Feb. 18, 1698-99 (Boston, 1699). Samuel Sewall's Letter Book (i. 227, 242) shows a letter which he wrote to the ministers of the colony, and also the Latin contract of surrender later imposed upon the colonists by the Spaniards. The humble address to his majesty, 12th Feb., 1699 (London, 1699). Letter from the Commission of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland to the Honorable Council and inhabitants of the Scots Colony of Caledonia in America, Glasgow, July 21, 1699 (Glasgow, 1699). A just and modest vindication of the Scots' design for the having established a colony at Darien Act for a company trading to Africa and the (London, 1699). Indies, June 26, 1695 (Edinburgh, 1696). Constitution of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies (Edinburgh, 1696). Some seasonable and modest thoughts, partly occasioned by and partly concerning the Scots East India Company (Edinburgh, 1696). A letter from a member of the Parliament of Scotland to his friend in London, concerning their late act for establishing a company of that kingdom, trading to Africa and the Indies (London, 1696). Two discourses concerning the affairs of Scotland, written in the year 1698 (Edinburgh, 1698); one concerns the Scots' company. Information touchant l'affaire de Darien (1699), the Spanish protest against the colony. A letter giving a description of the Isthmus of A Defence of the Scots' Settlement at Darien, with an Answer to prove that it is the Interest of England to join with the Scots and protect it; to which is added a Description of the Country, and a Particular Account of the Scots' Colony (Edinburgh, 1699). The Defence of the Scots' Settlement at Darien answered Paragraph by Paragraph, by PhiloBritain (1699). A Letter giving a Description of the Isthmus of Darien (where the Scots' Colonie is settled, from a gentleman who lives there at present) with an account of the Fertilness of the Soil, the Quality of the Air, the Manners of the Inhabitants, and the Nature of the Plants and Animals, &c., and a particular Map of the Isthmus and Entrance to the River of Darien (Edinburgh, 1699). There have been published of late years two considerable repositories of documentary material respecting the revolutionary period of the Spanish-American provinces. The first of these is Juan E. Hernandez y Dávalos' Coleccion de documentos para la historia The history of Caledonia, or the Scots' colony in Darien in the West Indies: with an account of the manners of the inhabitants and riches of the country (London, 1699). A short and impartial view of the manner and the occasion of the Scots' colony coming away from Darien (1699). A Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien, including an answer to the Defence of the Scots settlement there (1700). An Enquiry into the causes of the miscarriage of the Scots colony; or an answer to a libel intituled a Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien (Glasgow, 1700). A short vindication of Phil. Scot's Defence of the Scots' abdicating Darien (London, 1700). Scotland's present duty: or a Call to the nobility... to be duly affected with and vigorousiy to act for our common concern in Caledonia, as a means to enlarge Christ's kingdom (1700). Scotland's right to Caledonia (formerly called Darien), and the legality of its settlement, asserted in three several memorials presented to his majesty in May, 1699 (1700). Scotland's Grievances relating to Darien (1700). Certain propositions relating to the Scots plantation of Caledonia (Glasgow, 1700). Caledonia, or the Pedlar turn'd merchant. A tragi-comedy as it was acted by his majesty's subjects of Scotland in the King of Spain's Province of Darien (London, 1700). A full and exact collection of all the considerable addresses, memorials, petitions, answers, proc lamations, letters, and other public papers, relating to the Company of Scotland, 1695–1700 (1700). This contains the proclamations of Bellomont at New York and Boston, and of the governors of Barbadoes and Jamaica against the colony. The original papers and letters relating to the Scots' company trading to Africa and the Indies, from the memorial given against their taking subscriptions at Hamburgh by Sir Paul Ricaut to their last address sent up to his majesty in Dec., 1699. Faithfully extracted from the Companies Books (1700). A Speech in Parliament on the 10th January, 1701, by the Lord Belhaven, on the affairs of the Indian and African Company and its Colony of Caledonia (Edinburgh, 1701). An Enquiry into the Caledonian project, with a defence of England's procedure (London, 1701). A new Darien artifice laid open, in a notable instance of Captain Maclean's name being used to vouch for the Caledonian Company (London, 1701). A choice collection of papers relating to state affairs during the late Revolution, etc. (London, 1703). Speeches by a member of the Parliament, which began at Edinburgh the 6th May, 1703 (Edinburgh, 1703). Account of a conversation concerning a right regulation of governments for the common good of mankind (Edinburgh, 1704). A Collection of State Tracts (London, 1705-7), vol. iii. A full and exact account of the Proceedings of the court of directors and council-general of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies (London, 1706). Representation of the Council and Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies (Edinburgh, Nov. 7, 1706). A letter concerning the union with relation to trade from several Scots gentlemen, merchants in England, to their countrymen in Scotland (London, 1707). A state of Mr. Paterson's claim upon the equiv alent, with original papers and observations relating thereto (London, 1712). Report of the committee upon the petition of William Paterson, Esq. (1712). An account of the Colony of Darien, with a Vindication of King William's honor and justice therein, included in Memoirs of North Britain (London, 1715). Rev. Francis Borland's Memoirs of Darien ... with an account of the attempts of the Company of Scotland to settle a colonie in that place. Written in 1700 while the author was in the American regions (Glasgow, 1715, 1779). Part of a Journal kept from Scotland to New Caledonia in Darien, with a short account of the country, by Dr. Wallace, included in Miscel lanea Curiosa, 2d ed., revised by W. Derham (London, 1723-27; 3d ed., 1726-27). Dr. Houstoun's Memoirs of his own life-time [with] the Scotch settlement at Darien (London, 1747), repeated in The Works of James Houstoun, M.D. (London, 1753). Darien papers: being a selection of original letters and documents relating to the establishment of a colony at Darien by the Company of Scotland, 1695–1700 (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club, 1849). J. H. Burton's Narrative of Criminal trials in Scotland (London, 1852). The principal sources of the bibliography of the Darien colony are Sabin's Dictionary, v.: Carter-Brown Catal., ii., iii.; Brit. Mus. Catalogue, sub Darien, etc. There are several lives of William Paterson (cf. Allibone, ii.). Cf. Eliot Warburton's Darien, or the Merchant Prince, for an historical romance. de la Guerra de Independencia de México de 1808 á 1821 (Mexico, 1877, etc.), which has been the work for thirty years of a treasury clerk. The second is Emilio del Costillo Negrete's México en el Siglo xix. (Mexico, 1875, etc.), in which the historical narrative is broken by documentary material.1 Reference may also be made in the American Monitor, a periodical devoted to South American affairs (London, 1824-25), and to El Repertorio Americano (Londres, 1826-27), in four volumes. Bancroft, in working up the most complete account which we have in English of this later period, and of the succeeding constitutional period, finds the works of Lúcas Alaman the most important contribution which any Mexican historian has made. Alaman was a youth of sixteen when he witnessed the fall of Iturrigaray in 1808, and he was present at Guanajuato during the memorable scenes of 1810. As he went to Spain to pursue his studies in 1814 and remained there till 1820, he had no personal contact with the events of that interval; but he had a half-brother, a canon of Mexico, Dr. Arechederreta, who kept a diary in that city from 1811 to 1820, and this document was of much use to Alaman in his historical work, which is republican rather than democratic in its tone.2 As a member of the Atenéo Mexicana, he had begun his Mexican studies and gathered the results in his Disertaciones sobre la historia de la República Mexicana, desde la 1 Bancroft's Mexico, iv. 624-25. 2 Bancroft's Mexico, iv. 823, for references. * Frontispiece of his Historia de Mejico (Mexico, 1849), vol. i. |