A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767
Chapter I:
(p. 6) (footnote)
[‘Commentarios Reales’ (en Madrid CI}. I}CCXXIII., en la oficina]
where “}” marks a character that is the mirror image of “C”, which was formerly used in Roman Numerals as follows: “CI}” = “M” [1,000]; “I}” = “D” [500]; and subsequent “}”s multiply by ten, as “I}}}” = 50,000.
changed to:
[‘Commentarios Reales’ (en Madrid 1723, en la oficina]
Let us all take this moment to give thanks for Hindu-Arabic numerals, Amen.
(p. 19)
[‘Descripcion y Historia del Paraguay, ‘the Guaranís were spread]
changed to:
[‘Descripcion y Historia del Paraguay’, ‘the Guaranís were spread]
(p. 24) (footnote)
[del Sr Provisor Alonso Joseph Gomez de Lara.]
changed to:
[del Sr. Provisor Alonso Joseph Gomez de Lara.]
(p. 34)
[and his mother Doña Teresa Cabeza de Vaca,]
changed to:
[and his mother ‘Doña Teresa Cabeza de Vaca,]
as the best guess as to where the quoted section begins, which is later marked with a closing quote.