Fuentès y Guzmàn: History of Guatemala

Francisco Antonio de Fuentès y Guzmàn (1643-1700), historian and poet, was born in Santiago, Guatemala.

The first part of the History of Guatemala written in 1690 by Francisco Antonio de Fuentès y Guzmàn and dedicated to Charles II of Spain, 526 folios. The work is divided into a dedication (fo. iv), a preface (fo. 1v), sixteen books of text (fo.7) and a summary of contents (fo. 518). On fo. 487v is a rough plan of the town of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico, with rough drawings of buildings. On a fly-leaf is the name 'J. M. Bolio M. 1916', and on fo. i is the following note: 'The concluding two parts of this History of Guatemala I could not discover by 'the most diligent search' in Spain, Mr Waldeck may perhaps be more successful in Guatemala, Juarros refers to a very interesting chapter of Fuentes relating to the Jewish origin of the Tulticas who colonised Guatemala which nowhere occurs in the present Volume K'.

Presented by F.A. Kirkpatrick, 1929.

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Fuentès y Guzmàn: History of Guatemala, MS Add.6625

The history was printed in three volumes in Guatemala, 1932-1933.