The earliest of the historians to use, to any extent, documentary proofs, was Herrera, in his Historia general, first published in 1601. As the official historiographer of the Indies, he had the best of opportunities for access to the great wealth of documents which the Spanish archivists had preserved; but he never distinctly quotes them, or says where they are to be found. Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии (издательство "The Riverside Press").