A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767

A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767

R. B. Cunninghame Graham

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A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by R. B. Cunninghame Graham

A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 Chapter 1 I:

(p. 6) (footnote)

[ `Commentarios Reales' (en Madrid CI}. I}CCXXIII., en la oficina ]

where "}" marks a character that is the mirror image of "C", which was formerly used in Roman Numerals as follows: "CI}" = "M" [1,000]; "I}" = "D" [500]; and subsequent "}"s multiply by ten, as "I}}}" = 50,000.

changed to:

[ `Commentarios Reales' (en Madrid 1723, en la oficina ]

Let us all take this moment to give thanks for Hindu-Arabic numerals, Amen.

(p. 19)

[ `Descripcion y Historia del Paraguay, `the Guaranís were spread ]

changed to:

[ `Descripcion y Historia del Paraguay', `the Guaranís were spread ]

(p. 24) (footnote)

[ del Sr Provisor Alonso Joseph Gomez de Lara. ]

changed to:

[ del Sr. Provisor Alonso Joseph Gomez de Lara. ]

(p. 34)

[ and his mother Do?a Teresa Cabeza de Vaca, ]

changed to:

[ and his mother `Do?a Teresa Cabeza de Vaca, ]

as the best guess as to where the quoted section begins, which is later marked with a closing quote.

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