Documents of the Coronado expedition, 1539-1542 : "they were not familiar with His Majesty, nor did they wish to be his subjects" / edited, translated, and annotated by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flint, Richard, 1946-

Flint, Shirley Cushing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sixteenth century--History.

Sixteenth century.

Southwest, New--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Sources.

Southwest, New.

Southwest, New--History--To 1848--Sources.

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554.

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (761 p.)

Edition:

University of New Mexico Press pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the first annotated, dual-language edition of thirty-four original documents from the Coronado expedition.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; General Introduction; Document 1: Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to the King, December 15, 1538; Document 2: Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to Viceroy Mendoza, March 8, 1539; Document 3: Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to the King, July 15, 1539; Document 4: Letter of the Viceroy to the King, 1539; Document 5: Decree of the King Appointing Vázquez de Coronado Governor of Nueva Galicia, April 18, 1539

Document 6: The Viceroy's Instructions to Fray Marcos de Niza, November 1538, and Narrative Account by Fray Marcos de Niza, August 26, 1539 Document 7: Letters from Antonio de Mendoza and Rodrigo de Albornoz, October 1539; Document 8: Testimony of Witnesses in Habana Regarding Fray Marcos's Discoveries, November 1539; Document 9: The Viceroy's Appointment of Vázquez de Coronado to Lead the Expedition, January 6, 1540; Document 10: The King's Confirmation of Vázquez de Coronado's Appointment, June 11, 1540

Document 11: Testimony of Juan Bermejo and of Vázquez de Coronado's Purchasing Agent, Juan Fernández Verdejo, 1552 Document 12: Muster Roll of the Expedition, Compostela, February 22, 1540; Document 13: Record of Mexican Indians Participating in the Expedition, 1576; Document 14: Hearing on Depopulation Charges, February 26, 1540; Document 15: Narrative of Alarcón's Voyage, 1540; Document 16: The Viceroy's Instructions to Hernando Alarcón, May 31, 1541; Document 17: The Viceroy's Letter to the King, Jacona, April 17, 1540

Document 18: Hernán Cortés's Brief to Carlos V Concerning the Injuries Done to Him by the Viceroy of Nueva España, June 25, 1540 Document 19: Vázquez de Coronado's Letter to the Viceroy, August 3, 1540; Document 20: Formation of a Company between Mendoza and Pedro de Alvarado, Tiripitío, November 29, 1540; Document 21: Account of Pedro de Alvarado's Armada, 1541; Document 22: Traslado de las Nuevas (Anonymous Narrative), 1540; Document 23: La Relación Postrera de Cíbola (Fray Toribio de Benavente's Narrative), 1540's; Document 24: Hernando de Alvarado's Narrative, 1540

Document 25: Letter from Viceroy Mendoza to Fernández de Oviedo, October 6, 1541 Document 26: Vázquez de Coronado's Letter to the King, October 20, 1541; Document 27: Disposal of the Juan Jiménez Estate, 1542 (Copy, 1550); Document 28: The Relación de la Jornada de Cíbola, Pedro de Castañeda de Nájera's Narrative, 1560's (copy, 1596); Document 29: The Relación del Suceso (Anonymous Narrative), 1540's; Document 30: Juan Jaramillo's Narrative, 1560's; Document 31: Juan Troyano's Proof of Service, 1560; Document 32: Melchior Pérez's Petition for Preferment, 1551

Document 33: Cristóbal de Escobar's Proof of Service, 1543

Notes:

Originally published: Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613910455

9781283598002

1283598000

9780826351357

0826351352

OCLC:

821737948