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The "Natural and Moral History of the Indies," the classic work of
New World history originally published by Jose de Acosta in 1590,
is now available in the first new English translation to appear in
several hundred years. A Spanish Jesuit, Acosta produced this
account by drawing on his own observations as a missionary in Peru
and Mexico, as well as from the writings of other missionaries,
naturalists, and soldiers who explored the region during the
sixteenth century. One of the first comprehensive investigations of
the New World, Acosta's study is strikingly broad in scope. He
describes the region's natural resources, flora and fauna, and
terrain. He also writes in detail about the Amerindians and their
religious and political practices.
Andrés Bello was a towering figure in nineteenth-century Latin America, as influential and as famous there as Thomas Jefferson is in the United States. Poet, politician, educator, essayist, philosopher, he wielded astonishing influence and played a major role in shaping the national identities of newly independent Latin American countries. He held several key government positions, authored Chile's civil code, launched several newspapers, wrote prodigiously on a vast array of subjects, and implemented important educational reforms. Available here in English for the first time, the Selected Writings of Andrés Bello, edited by Iván Jaksic, gathers wide-ranging selections that explore such subjects as grammar and philology, constitutional reform, the aims of education, international relations, historiography, Latin and Roman Law, government and society, and many others. The Selected Writings of Andrés Bello gives us a generous sampling of a gifted thinker who must be included in any understanding of the origins and development of Latin America.
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