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9781589661899

Report on the Island & Diocese of Puerto Rico 1647

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    9781589661899

  • ISBN10:

    1589661893

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-01-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Scranton Pr
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Summary

Composed at the request of the Royal Spanish Chronicler of the Indies, Don Diego Torres y Vargas'sReport on the Island & Diocese of Puerto Ricowas the first history of Puerto Rico written by a native of the Spanish island colony. Torres y Vargas, a fourth generation Puerto Rican and descendant of Ponce de Leon, records here the history of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico as well as the political, social, military, economic, and natural history of the island. This translationthe first ever into Englishincludes three historical essays by eminent Puerto Rican and Latino Studies scholar Anthony Stevens-Arroyo and extensive translator notes to guide the reader through the realities of seventeenth-century Puerto Rican culture and society.

Author Biography

Don Diego Torres y Vargas (1615–70) was a Catholic priest and the Cathedral Canon of the Diocese of Puerto Rico. Anthony M. Stevens is professor emeritus of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. ix
General Maps: Puerto Rico and the Caribbeanp. xv
Eastern Caribbeanp. xvi
Towns and Settlements Mentioned in Torres y Vargasp. xvii
"Understanding the Work of Diego De Torres y Vargas"p. 1
Early Settlement of Caparra & San Juan Islet with key bridgesp. 23
"Soldiers, Heretics and Pirates: The Thirty Years' War in the Caribbeanp. 33
Attacks by Drake and Cumberland upon the Islet of San Juanp. 49
Dutch Attack of 1625 with key engagementsp. 57
"Who Was Diego Torres y Vargas?"p. 69
Genealogy of Diego de Torres y Vargasp. 70
Notes on the Text and Translationp. 93
Spanish Text and English Translation (Interfacing pages)p. 103
Chronology of the Life of Diego de Torres y Vargasp. 227
Appendix - "Questions on Chronology"p. 229
Sources for the Textp. 233
Glossaryp. 237
Indexp. 253
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