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Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition (Paperback, Critical edition)
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Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition (Paperback, Critical edition)
Series: Norton Critical Editions, 0
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Discovery Miles 4 280
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Published in 1542 to an astonished and captivated public, Chronicle
of the Narvaez Expedition tells the unforgettable story of a
sixteenth-century soldier turned explorer who, along with three
other survivors of a shipwreck, makes his way across an unknown
geographic and cultural landscape. This Norton Critical Edition is
based on David Frye's new translation. It is accompanied by Ilan
Stavan's introduction, the translator's preface, the editor's
detailed explanatory annotations, and a map tracing Cabeza de
Vaca's journey from Florida to California. "Alternative Narratives
and Sequels" enriches the reader's understanding of and
appreciation for Cabeza de Vaca's chronicle, which can be read both
as historical record and as fiction (Cabeza de Vaca having written
his account years after the events took place). Gonzalo Fernandez
de Oviedo y Valdez's General and Natural History of the Indies
(1535) provides a different account of the same journey, while
sequels can be found in a 1539 letter from the Viceroy of New Spain
to the Emperor and in Fray Marcos de Niza's Relacion on the
Discovery of the Kingdom of Cibola (1539). The Spanish explorers,
soldiers, and missionaries of the period saw the New World as a
place of enchantment, riches, and opportunity. This spirit is
captured in "Contexts" with documents including a 1493 letter from
Christopher Columbus to a potential benefactor of his future
travels; Hernan Cortes's 1520 letter from Mexico; and an excerpt
from Fray Bartolome's Brief Account of the Destruction of the
Indies (1542). A selection from Miguel Leon Portilla's Broken
Spears provides readers with the viewpoint of the vanquished.
"Criticism" includes five major assessments of Chronicle of the
Narvaez Expedition spanning eighty years. Contributors include
Morris Bishop, Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz, Paul
Schneider, Andres Resendez, and Beatriz Rivera-Barnes. A
Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and Index are also included.
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