La Florida del Inca and the struggle for social equality in colonial Spanish America / Jonathan D. Steigman.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Steigman, Jonathan D., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Early works to 1800.
• America--Early works to 1800--History and criticism.
• Florida--History--To 1565.
• Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616. Florida del Inca.
• Soto, Hernando de, ca. 1500-1542.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A cross-disciplinary view of an important De Soto chronicle. Among the early Spanish chroniclers who contributed to popular images of the New World was the Amerindian-Spanish (mestizo) historian and literary writer, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616). He authored several works, of which La Florida del Inca (1605) stands out as the best because of its unique Amerindian and European perspectives on the De Soto expedition (1539-1543). As the child of an Indian mother and a Spanish father, Garcilaso lived in both worlds--and saw value in each. Hailed throughout Europe

Contents:

• Prelude
• Purpose, style, and themes of La Florida del Inca
• El Inca's Native Americans
• La Florida's ideal conquerors
• El Inca's prophetic voice.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-120) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8432-4

OCLC:

650060156