Del 'Reconocimiento':
Esta cuarta edición de la obra del benedictino aragones fue preparada con lacolaboracion de los profesores Rafael W. Ramírez, Aida Caro, Labor Gómez y Jorge Iván Rosa Silva y la Auxiliar de Investigaciones Sra. Casilda Rivera de Díaz, quienes tuvieron a su cargo las tareas de cotejo y formación de índices. El profesor Jorge L. Porras Cruz cuido de la modernización ortográfica del texto y la Dra. Isabel Gutierrez del Arroyo, escribió el excelente estudio crítico sobre Fray Iñigo y su obra que figura en cabeza de esta edición. En una nota inicial, el profesor Luis M. Díaz soler, a cuyo cargo ha estado la dirección de los trabajos finales de este libro, ilustra al lector acerca de los diversos manuscritos y ediciones de la Historia de Abbad y explica el método seguido en la preparación de esta ultima.
Iñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1745-1813) was a Spanish-born Catholic priest who became secretary to the bishop of Puerto Rico in 1773 and remained on the island for ten years. Abbad's Historia, originally published in Spain, is considered the first modern historical work on Puerto Rico. It begins with the Spanish discovery and conquest of the island and ends in the late eighteenth century. Chapters twenty through forty are devoted to the study of the island's climate, economy, population, geography and natural history. Acosta's edition is an annotated and enlarged version of Abbad's work, published eighty years after the original. Acosta brought the Historia up-to-date (1866) and incorporated much new information that had not been available to Abbad. Acosta added his corrections and additions to the end of each chapter. As Acosta approached his own time, he incorporated much new historical information. He also used his annotations as a vehicle to advocate the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico and encourage Spain to reduce Puerto Rican trade barriers.
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