Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa, Noticias secretas de las Americas (4 vols, 1748)
“the most damaging denigration of Spain's rule in the New World.” (first English trans. 1825)
Thorough diagnosis of colonial ills
- defenses, political administration, commerce, justice, and plight of the Indians
Administration: “In these parts the friendship of a minister is worth more than any royal proclamation.”
Justice: “Whoever pays the most, gets the most justice.”
Indians: “they are genuine slaves”