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List of Illustrations | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Introduction: New World, New History and the Writing of America | p. 1 |
Between Two Worlds: The Life and Writing of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes | p. 12 |
A Reader's Guide to a New World History | p. 26 |
The Historian as actor and Autobiographer: Tierra Firme 1514 | p. 41 |
Eyewitness to America's Wonders: Illustrating a Natural History of the Indies | p. 63 |
Amazon Women and New World Realities: Documenting an Expanding World | p. 82 |
Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico: Truth and Multiple Testimonies | p. 98 |
Native Americans in Oviedo's History | p. 113 |
Conclusions | p. 136 |
Appendices | |
Chronology of Fernandez de Oviedo's Life and Works | p. 139 |
Map of Hispaniola and Tierra Firme, Ca. 1540 | p. 142 |
Translations of Passages from Fernandez de Oviedo's: Historia general y natural de Las Indias | p. 143 |
Prologue, Part I, Book 1 | p. 145 |
Book 29, Chapter 6 (Tierra Firme) | p. 152 |
Book 7, Chapter 16 (The Pineapple) | p. 159 |
Book 6, Chapter 33 (Amazon Women) | p. 164 |
Book 33, Chapter 54 (Interview with Juan Cano) | p. 166 |
Book 29, Chapter 26 (Natives of Tierra Firme) | p. 174 |
Table. Historia General y Natural Manuscript Locations and Illustrations/Woodcuts | p. 180 |
Illustrations | p. 188 |
Notes | p. 271 |
Bibliography | p. 301 |
Index | p. 315 |
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