The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
When it first became known to Europe that a new continent had been discovered, the wise men, philosophers, and especially the learned ecclesiastics, were sorely perplexed to account for such a discovery.
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the subject metadata.
- “Mythology”· via Open Library
- “Mythology”· in subject
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Subjects
- History
- Social life and customs
- Antiquities
- Indians of North America
- Histoire
- Description and travel
- Archaeology
- Bibliography
- Law
- Politics and government
- Religions
- Ethnology
- Religion and mythology
- Indians of Mexico
- Languages
- Indians
- Writing
- Discovery and exploration
- Spanish
- Mayas
- Autobiography
- Comparative literature
- Foreign relations
- Indians of Central America
- Nahuatl language
- English essays
- Politique et gouvernement
- Courts
- Historians
- Gold discoveries
- History. [from old catalog]
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Vigilance committees
- Nahuas
- Zamorano 80
- California Civil War, 1861-1865
- Comparative civilization
- Early accounts to 1600
- Oregon question
- Political aspects of Law
Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
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- ISBN-10
- OCLC
- Open Library work
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Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 133 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL3421434W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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