Lot 29
Cortés, Hernando -- 1527 Document Signed in Full by the Spanish Conquistador (1485-1547) Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519-21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. Manuscript document signed in full "Hernando Cortés," one page, in Spanish, 6 x 8½" (Mexico), April 27, 1527. To (Doctor) Palacios Rubyos (Cortés' secretary), instructing him to give to Maestre Francisco twelve gold pesos for certain pink amber that he is carrying for the pharmacy and to take note for his accounts. The document reads, in Spanish:
1)"(fol.1r) Palaçios Rubyos dad a Maestre Francisco doze pesos de
2) oro de lo que corre que son para çierto amvar
3) rosado para la botica que lleva y tomad carta de
4) pago para vuestro descargo. Fecho en XXVII de
5) abril de MDXXVII años
6) [Firmado y rubricado: Hernando Cortés]". Estimate Value $7,500 - UP
Museum of World Treasures, Wichita, KS.
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