Espagne 
6 (1526-1558) 
1537. Charles V, act granting Jamaica to Louis Co- 
lumbus (ff. 329-344). 
9 (1559) 
This is a volume of documents relating to the negoti- 
ation of the treaty of Cateau-en-Cambresis, of Apr. 3, 
1559. Among them are a few lines concerning trade with 
the Indies (f . 168) . 
10 (1559-1597) 
[1559]. Suriano, an account in Italian of Spanish- 
Portuguese partition of America (ff. 344-371). [There 
are three texts, more or less complete, of this document 
in this volume, all of them incorrectly dated. It is 
printed in Alberi, Relazloni degll Ambasciatori Veneti al 
senato (Florence, 1853), series I, vol. 3, 330-390.] 
12 (1600-1620) 
1602. Hennin, extract from memoirs, proposing cap- 
ture of Jamaica as a means of securing control of Gulf of 
Mexico (ff . 19, 20) . 
Among various documents dated 1618 and concerning en- 
largement of Spanish port of Soctova is mention of use of 
that port made by French fishers of Cape Breton (f. 238). 
17 (1635-1634) 
1634, July 1. Louis XIII, declaration prohibiting 
French subjects from encroaching on Spanish or Portuguese 
possessions in Indies and America (ff. 355-340). 
23 (1643) 
1643, [n.s.]. Memoir on overseas trade in treaty of 
peace, concerning necessity of line of demarkation between 
French and Spanish possessions in America; conservation of 
Canada and Acadia (ff. 308-514). 
27 (1647-1648) 
[1648, May 22?]. [?] to Servieri, advice on overseas 
commerce in treaty of peace (ff. 417-425, 425-451). [This is 
same document as volume 25, ff. 508-514.] 
50 (1649-1650) 
The only material in this volume relating to America 
is a copy of the memoir in volume 25, ff . 508-514, and in 
volume 27, ff. 417-425, 425-451, a.. v. 
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