An account of the antiquities of the Indians : chronicles of the New World encounter / Ramon Pane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pané, Ramón, -1571.

Contributor:

Arrom, José Juan, 1910-2007.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Latin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao.

Latin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao

Standardized Title:

Relación acerca de las antigüedades de los indios. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of the West Indies--Hispaniola--History--Sources.

Indians of the West Indies.

Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans--Hispaniola.

Indians of the West Indies--Hispaniola--Religion.

Hispaniola--History--Sources.

Hispaniola.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

A new ed. / introductory study, notes, and appendixes by Jose Juan Arrom ; translated by Susan C. Griswold.

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Accompanying Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1494 was a young Spanish friar named Ramón Pane. The friar's assignment was to live among the "Indians" whom Columbus had "discovered" on the island of Hispaniola (today the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic), to learn their language, and to write a record of their lives and beliefs. While the culture of these indigenous people--who came to be known as the Taíno--is now extinct, the written record completed by Pane around 1498 has survived. This volume makes Pane's landmark Account--the first book written in a European language on American soil--available in an annotated English edition. Edited by the noted Hispanist Jose Juan Arrom, Pane's report is the only surviving direct source of information about the myths, ceremonies, and lives of the New World inhabitants whom Columbus first encountered. The friar's text contains many linguistic and cultural observations, including descriptions of the Taíno people's healing rituals and their beliefs about their souls after death. Pane provides the first known description of the use of the hallucinogen cohoba, and he recounts the use of idols in ritual ceremonies. The names, functions, and attributes of native gods; the mythological origin of the aboriginal people's attitudes toward sex and gender; and their rich stories of creation are described as well.

Contents:

Introduction to the English Edition

Introductory Study

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE INDIANS

An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians, Diligently Gathered by Fray Ramon, a Man Who Knows Their Language, by Order of the Admiral

Appendix A. Christopher Columbus

Appendix B. Pietro Martire d'Anghiera

Appendix C. Fray Bartolome de Las Casas

Bibliographic note

Index of Taino Words and Names.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [68]-70) and index.

ISBN:

9786612919763

9781282919761

1282919768

9780822382546

0822382547

OCLC:

220940021