| Note: | J08 |
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| Object Name: | Doctrina Cristiana | |
| Creation Date: | 1544 | |
| Culture: | Mexican Colonial | |
| Location: | Mexico | |
| Repository: | Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas, Austin | |
| Image source: | Courtesy Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin | |
| Pedro de Cordoba was born in Cordoba, Spain in 1482. He became a Domínican priest in Salamanca in 1510 and served as a missionary priest in the Caribbean. Bartolome de las Casas credited Cordoba with convincing him to give up his plantation, join the Dominican Order and eventually become the great protector of the Indians. Cordoba died in 1512 in Santo Domingo. The Doctrina Cristiana (Christian Doctrine) of Cordoba was one of the first works written in Ameríca and also had the fortune of being printed in the new-born Amerícan typography. This 1544 edition of Doctrina Christiana was financed by Archbishop Juan de Zumarraga. On a brief translation of page shown: "Doctrina Cristiana" should serve the purpose of instruction and information to the Indians in a history fashion. This doctrine was revised and examined by Tello de Sandoval (Inquisitor and visitor of New Spain). lt was printed in Mexico in 1544 by Fray Juan Zumarraga. | ||
