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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

1551 text by Bartolomé de Las Casas
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Summary

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (589 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies authored Bartolomé de Las Casas[3].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's genre is Chronicles of the Indies[5].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies was followed by Q109377921[6].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's place of publication is recorded as Seville[7].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's Commons category is recorded as Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias[8].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's language of work or name is recorded as Early Modern Spanish[9].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's country of origin is recorded as Spain[10].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies was published on 1552[11].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96401083[12].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96402007[13].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96402359[14].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96404475[15].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96404685[16].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96406011[17].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q96406351[18].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q132192328[19].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138507369[20].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's main subject is Spanish colonization of the Americas[21].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's Commons gallery is recorded as Brevisima relación de la destrucción de las Indias[22].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's published in is recorded as Las obras del obispo D. Fray Bartolome Las Casas o Casaus, Obispo que fue de la Ciudad Real de Chiapa en las Indias, de la Orden de Santo Domingo[23].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias'}[24].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has effect is recorded as New Laws[25].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's has effect is recorded as Valladolid debate[26].
  • A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[27].

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Designation and Status

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (589 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Bartolomé de Las Casas public domain Seville Spain

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . trobes.uv.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · 10CLS · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → Early Modern Spanish
    Followed by → —
    Instance of → —
    Main subject → Spanish colonization of the Americas
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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