Abstract
When were mathematics books first written in North America? Some students who are asked that question will suggest that the settlers in Jamestown began writing mathematics books after they arrived in 1607. Others will think that North Americans started writing mathematics books right after signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A rare student indeed remembers that the Spanish American colonies were established much earlier than the English or French colonies. Few will guess anything close to the correct answer: the New World's first mathematics book, the Sumario Compendioso, was published in 1556 in Mexico City by Brother Juan Diez.
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