The discovery and conquest of Peru : chronicles of the New World encounter / Pedro de Cieza de Leon ; edited and translated by Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1554.

Contributor:

Cook, Alexandra Parma.

Cook, Noble David.

Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Latin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao.

Latin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao

Standardized Title:

Descubrimiento y conquista del Perú. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peru--Discovery and exploration.

Peru.

Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (522 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Initial translation into English of a first-person account of the 16th century conquest of Peru, written by a Spanish soldier and naturalist; Pedro de Cieza de Leon was one of the first Europeans in the Andean region of South America to use native inform

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Prologue; Introduction; I. About the discovery of Peru; II. About how Governor Pedrarias named Francisco Pizarro captain of the South Sea and how he left Panama for the discovery; III. About how Captain Francisco Pizarro left to explore the coast of the South Sea and why that kingdom was called Peru III. About how Captain Francisco Pizarro left to explore the coast of the South Sea and why that kingdom was called Peru

IV. About how Montenegro and several Spaniards returned in the ship to the Pearl Islands to get provisions without bringing anything to eat except a dry cowhide and some bitter palmettos, and about the hardship and hunger endured by Pizarro and those who remained with himV. About how Montenegro arrived at the Pearl Islands and how he returned with the succor; VI. About how the captain and the Spaniards came upon an Indian village where they found some gold, how they landed in Pueblo Quemado and from there sent a ship to Panama, and what else happened

VII. About how the Indians attacked the Spaniards and the difficulty the captain was in and how the Indians fledVIII. About how Diego de Almagro left Panama with people and succor in search of his partner, and about how they injured his eye and how he was united with him; IX. About how Diego de Almagro returned to Panama, where he found that Pedrarias was recruiting people for Nicaragua, and what happened to him as well as his partner, Captain Francisco Pizarro

X. About how Pizarro and Almagro journeyed as far as the San Juan River, where it was agreed that the pilot, Bartolome Ruiz would explore along the western coast and Almagro would return for more peopleXI. How when the Spaniards went in canoes looking for provisions, all the Spaniards who went with their Captain Varela in one of the canoes were killed by the Indians; XII. About how Pedro de los Rios came as governor to Tierra Firme and what Almagro did in Panama until he returned with people

XIII. About how the captains and the Spaniards embarked and sailed to Atacames, and what happened to them XIII. About how the captains and the Spaniards embarked and sailed to Atacames, and what happened to themXIV. About how all the Spaniards wanted to return to Panama and could not, and how Diego de Almagro departed with the ships while Pizarro remained on Gallo Island, and about the couplet that they sent to Governor Pedro de los Rios

XV. About how when Diego de Almagro arrived in Panama, Governor Pedro de los Rios, distressed by the death of so many people, did not allow him to recruit more. And how [Rios] sent Juan Tafur to set free the Spaniards, and what Pizarro did with the letters his partners had sent him

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-487) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062796

9780822321279

0822321270

9781283062794

1283062798

9780822382508

0822382504

OCLC:

191222401