The Improbable Conquest

Sixteenth-Century Letters from the Río de la Plata

Pablo García Loaeza, Victoria L. Garrett (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2015
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-06548-9 (ISBN)

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A translation of letters written by settlers in the Río de la Plata region of South America during the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century.

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the less glamorous side of the conquest, narrating in detail various misfortunes, infighting, corruption, and complaints. Their letters further reveal the colony’s fraught relationship with the native peoples it sought to colonize, giving insight into the complexities of the conquest and the colonization process. Pablo García Loaeza and Victoria Garrett provide an introduction to the history of the region and the conquest’s key players, as well as a timeline and a glossary explaining difficult and archaic Spanish terms.

Pablo García Loaeza is Associate Professor of Spanish at West Virginia University. Victoria L. Garrett is Teaching Assistant Professor of Spanish and Director of Latin American Studies at West Virginia University.

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chronology

Introduction

Selected Letters from the Río de la Plata

Pedro de Mendoza to Juan de Ayolas (April 21, 1537)

Isabel Guevara to Princess Juana (July 2, 1556)

Domingo de Irala to Emperor Charles V (March 1, 1545)

Francisco Galán to Rodrigo de Vera (March 1, 1545)

Juan Pavón to Martín de Agreda (June 15, 1556)

Francisco de Andrada to the Council of the Indies (March 1, 1545)

Martín González to Emperor Charles V (June 25, 1556)

Domingo Martínez to Emperor Charles V (July 2, 1556)

Epilogue

Glossary of Spanish Terms

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.1.2015
Reihe/Serie	Latin American Originals
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps; 3 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	University Park
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Afrika
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Südamerika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-271-06548-6 / 0271065486
ISBN-13	978-0-271-06548-9 / 9780271065489
Zustand	Neuware