^AMERICAS 
A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History 

V o T u ^ III J A N U A R Y , 1 9 4 7 Number 3 

CONTENTS 

A V E N E Z U E L A N EDUCATOR: D O N F E L I C I A N O M O N T E N E G R O 

C O L O N Mary Waiters 277 

FRANCISCANS O N T H E SILVER F R O N T I E R O F O L D M E X I C O 

Philip Wayne Powell 295 

A N A U T O G R A P H L E T T E R O F J O H N M A U R I C E O F N A S S A U , 

GOVERNOR O F T H E D U T C H C O L O N Y I N BRAZIL (1636-
1644) James Van der Veldt 311 

C H R I S T O P H E R C O L U M B U S A N D T H E FRANCISCANS 

Francis Borgia Steck 319 

T H E F O U R T H G E N E R A L ASSEMBLY O F T H E P A N A M E R I C A N 

I N S T I T U T E O F G E O G R A P H Y A N D H I S T O R Y 

Roscoe R. Hill 342 

H I S P A N I C P H I L O L O G Y I N L A T I N A M E R I C A 

Helmut A. Hatzfeld 347 

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D R . L E O S. R O W E Sumner Welles 363 

D O C U M E N T S 
A N U N P U B L I S H E D D I A R Y O F FRAY J U A N C R E S P I , O.F.M. 

(1770) (concluded) 
(Ed.) Charles J. G. Maximin Piette 368 

I N T E R - A M E R I C A N N O T E S 382 

BOOK REVIEWS 389 

Copyright, 1947 

ACADEMY OF AMERICAN FRANCISCAN HISTORY 

The contents of T H E AMERICAS are fully indexed in the 
Catholic Periodical Index. 



Editorial Staff 

FRANCIS B. STBCK, O.F.M., Ph£>., 
Catholic University of America. 

MAYNARD GEIOEB, O.F.M., P h D . , 

Mission Archivist, Santa Barbara, 
California. 

FIDEL CHAUVET, O.F.M., PhJD., 
Mexico City, D. F. 

RODERICK A. MOLINA, O.F.M., M.A., 

Washington, D. C 

Managing Editor 
RODERICK WHEELER, O.F.M., Ph.D., 

Director, Academy of American Franciscan History. 

Advisory 

HERBERT E. BOLTON, Ph.D., 

University of California. 

MSGR. JOHN M. COOPER, Ph.D., 

Catholic University of America. 

CARLOS E. CASTANEDA, Ph.D., 

University of Texas. 

JOHN TATE LANNING, Ph.D., 

Duke University. 

J. MANUEL ESPINOSA, Ph.D., 

Loyola University of Chicago. 

FRANCE V. SCHOLES, PhJD., 

Carnegie Institution of Washington. 

DAVID RUBIO, O.S.A., Ph.D., 
Catholic University of America. 

ENRIQUE CARLOS DE LA CASA, Ph.D., 

Secretary of the Inter-American 
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Oliveira Lima Library, 
Catholic University of America. 

RICHARD F . PATTEE 

National Catholic Welfare Conference. 

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Hispanic Foundation, Library of 
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IRENE A. WRIGHT, F.R.H.S., 

Cultural Relations Division, State 
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LEO FRANCIS STOCK, Ph.D., 

Carnegie Institution of Washington. 

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Newberry Library, Chicago. 

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Teachers' Institute of Brooklyn. 

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National Archives. 

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