Writing from the edge of the world : the memoirs of Darién, 1514-1527 / by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo ; translated and with an introduction by G.F. Dille.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557.

Standardized Title:

Historia general y natural de las Indias. Libro 29, capítulos 6-24. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Darien (Panama and Colombia)--Early works to 1800.

America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.

America.

Discoveries in geography.

America--Early accounts to 1600.

Physical Description:

xvi, 218 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2006]

Summary:

Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo is the 16th-century author of Historia general y natural de las Indias, a history of the peoples and places he encountered in his travels to Spanish America. In 1513, he accepted an appointment as inspector of the gold mines of Castilla de Oro on the Isthmus of Panama in Darien, the first viable Spanish settlement on the American mainland. His first year at the very edge of the known world converted Oviedo into a lifelong resident of America and, more importantly, marked the beginning of his campaign to appropriate the topic of the Indies and become its interpreter to Europe.

Contents:

General and Natural History of the Indies, Part II, Book XXIX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-207) and index.

ISBN:

0817315187

0817353399

OCLC:

63178956

Publisher Number:

9780817315184

9780817353391