The History of the New World - Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo

An abridged, annotated translation of Girolamo Benzoni's 1572 History of the New World, which describes firsthand encounters between Europeans and Native Americans, New World geography, and indigenous flora and fauna.

About the author

Jana Byars is Assistant Professor of History at Iowa State University.Robert C. Schwaller is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kansas and the author of Géneros de Gente in Early Colonial Mexico: Defining Racial Difference.

Summary

An abridged, annotated translation of Girolamo Benzoni's 1572 History of the New World, which describes firsthand encounters between Europeans and Native Americans, New World geography, and indigenous flora and fauna.

Product details

• Authors: Girolamo Benzoni, Benzoni Girolamo
• Assisted by: Jana Byars (Editor), Jana (Assistant Professor of History Byars (Editor), Robert C. Schwaller (Editor), Robert C. (Assistant Professor of History Schwaller (Editor), Schwaller Robert C. (Editor), Jana Byars (Translation), Jana (Assistant Professor of History Byars (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2017
• EAN: 9780271077574
• ISBN: 978-0-271-07757-4
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Series: Latin American Originals; Latin American Originals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Latin America / General, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas