Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 324 p)
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ill., facsims
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24 cm
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0292717032
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9780292717039
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: NEW WORLD, NEW HISTORY AND THE WRITING OF AMERICA -- One: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: The Life and Writings of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés -- Two: A READER'S GUIDE TO A NEW WORLD HISTORY -- Three: THE HISTORIAN AS ACTOR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHER: Tierra Firme -- Four: EYEWITNESS TO AMERICA'S WONDERS: Illustrating a Natural History of the Indies -- Five: AMAZON WOMEN AND NEW WORLD REALITIES: Documenting an Expanding World -- Six: CORTÉS AND THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO: Truth and Multiple Testimonies -- Seven: NATIVE AMERICANS IN OVIEDO'S HISTORY -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX: A Chronology of Fernández de Oviedo's Life and Works -- APPENDIX B: Map of Hispaniola and Tierra Firme, ca. 1540 -- APPENDIX C: Translations of passages from Fernández de Oviedo's Historia general y natural de las Indias -- 1. PROLOGUE, PART I , BOOK 1 -- 2. BOOK 29, CHAPTER 6 (Tierra Firme) -- 3. BOOK 7, CHAPTER 16 (The Pineapple) -- 4. BOOK 6, CHAPTER 33 (Amazon Women) -- 5. BOOK 33, CHAPTER 54 (Interview with Juan Cano) -- 6. BOOK 29, CHAPTER 26 (Natives of Tierra Firme) -- APPENDIX D: Table. Historia general y natural Manuscript Locations and Illustrations/Woodcuts -- APPENDIX E: Illlustrations -- NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE -- TWO -- THREE -- FOUR -- FIVE -- SIX -- SEVEN -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX C -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Note:
Translations of passages from Fernández de Oviedo's Historia general y natural de las Indias--Acknowledgments
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-313) and index
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New World, new history and the writing of AmericaBetween two worlds : the life and writings of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes -- A reader's guide to a New World history -- The historian as actor and autobiographer : Tierra Firme 1514 -- Eyewitness to America's wonders : illustrating a natural history of the Indies -- Amazon women and New World realities : documenting an expanding world -- Cortes and the conquest of Mexico : truth and multiple testimonies -- Native Americans in Oviedo's History -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Chronology of Fernández de Oviedo's life and works -- Appendix B. Map of Hispaniola and Tierra Firme, ca. 1540 -- Appendix C. Translations of passages from Fernández de Oviedo's Historia general y natural de las Indias.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780292717039
Additional Edition:
Print version Fernández de Oviedo's chronicle of America
Language:
English
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