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Mendinueta, Pedro

MEMORIA SOBRE EL NUEVO REINO DE GRANADA, 1803 /A REPORT CONCERNING THE VICEROYALITY OF NEW GRANADA (PRESENT-DAY COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, ECUADOR, PANAMA)
Introduction and Annotations by John S. Leiby
2003 0-7734-6566-9
This is a major chronicle of the early nineteenth century and provides a firsthand account of the region prior to the Latin American Wars of Independence. This document, which has not appeared before in either English or Spanish, is divided into four major parts: ecclesiastical affairs, administration, Royal Exchequer and finances, and the military.