Record Number: 12265

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'a very dry day. I have nothing to say. Wrote to Fries and read "The Discovery of America" by Cortes'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

9 Jan 1790

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Conegliano

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Eugenia Wynne

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1780

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Hernan Cortes

Title:

Cartas de relacion [??]

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12265

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1935

Vol:

I

Page:

28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries, (London, 1935), I, p. 28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12265, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

No volume entitled 'Discovery of America' by Cortes exists. If not a translation of his 'Cartas de Relacion', the book could be Bernal Diaz de Castillo 'The Conquest of New Spain'.