An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians - A New Edition, with an Introductory Study, Notes, and Appendices by José Juan Arrom

"[This book] is important for the way in which it anticipates some of the main issues concerning the production of Latin American literature."--Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, author of "Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative"

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction to the English Edition xi

Introductory Study xvii

An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians I

Appendix A. Christopher Columbus 41

Appendix B. Pietro Martire d'Anghiera 46

Appendix C. Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas 54

Bibliographic Note 68

Index of Taino Words and Names 71

About the author

Fray Ramon Pané

Product details

• Authors: Fray Ramon Pane, Fray Ramon Pané
• Assisted by: Jose Juan Arrom (Editor), José Juan Arrom (Editor), Susan Griswold (Translation), Susan C Griswold (Translation), Susan C. Griswold (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1999
• EAN: 9780822323471
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2347-1
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 233 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Series: Latin America in Translation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Karibik, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Christi Geburt bis 1500 nach Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte