![]() Cover of the Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias | |
Author | Bartolomé de las Casas |
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Original title | La Brevísima relación |
Language | Spanish |
Publication date | 1552[1] |
Publication place | Spanish Empire |
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies[2][3] (Spanish: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) is an account written by the Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542 (published in 1552) about the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in colonial times and sent to then Prince Philip II of Spain.[1]