Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez = The misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez : (1690) / by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora ; edited and translated José F. Buscaglia-Salgado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, 1645-1700, author.

Contributor:

Buscaglia-Salgado, José F., editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mexican literature--17th century.

Mexican literature.

Explorers--History--17th century.

Explorers.

History.

Latin America--History--17th century.

Latin America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 242, pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm

Edition:

Annotated bilingual edition.

Other Title:

Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

Text in English and Spanish. Most of English text is a translation of the Spanish. Critical essay is only in English.

Contents:

Infortunios De Alonso Ramírez

Acerca de la transcripción p. 3

Al excelentísimo señor don Gaspar de Sandoval Cerda Silva y Mendoza p. 7

Aprobación del licenciado don Francisco de Ayerra Santa María, capellán del Rey nuestro señor en su Convento Real de Jesús María de México p. 9

Suma de las licencias p. 11

I Motivos que tuvo para salir de su patria. Ocupaciones y viajes que hizo por la Nueva España. Su asistencia en México hasta pasar a las Filipinas p. 15

II Sale de Acapulco para las Filipinas. Dícese la derrota de este viaje y en lo que gastó el tiempo hasta que lo apresaron ingleses p. 26

III Pónense en compendio los robos y crueldades que hicieron estos piratas en mar y tierra hasta llegar a la América p. 34

IV Danle libertad los piratas y trae a la memoria lo que toleró en su prisión p. 49

V Navega Alonso Ramírez y sus compañeros sin saber dónde estaban ni la parte a que iban. Dícense los trabajos y sustos que padecieron hasta varar en tierra p. 57

VI Sed, hambre, enfermedades [y] muertes con que fueron atribulados en esta costa. Hallan inopinadamente gente católica y saben estar en cierra firme de Yucatán en la Septentrional América p. 66

VII Pasan a Tihosuco [y] de alii a Valladolid donde experimentan molestias. Llegan a Mérida. Vuelve Alonso Ramírez a Valladolid y son aquellas [molestias] mayores. Causa por [la] que vino a México y lo que de ello resulta p. 74

Misfortunes Of Alonso Ramírez

To the most excellent gentleman don Caspar de Sandoval Cerda Silva y Mendoza p. 89

Approval of the licentiate don Francisco de Ayerra Santa María, chaplain of the King, our lord, in his Royal Convent of Jesús María in México City p. 91

Summary of licenses p. 93

I Motives he had for leaving his home country. Jobs [he had] and travels be made through New Spain. His time in México until going over to the Philippines p. 97

II He leaves Acapulco for the Philippines. An account of the course followed on this voyage and of how he spent the time until he was captured by the English p. 108

III A summary is given of the plundering and cruelties carried out by these pirates on land and sea until arriving in America p. 115

IV He is set free by the pirates and he remembers what he endured as their captive p. 129

V Alonso Ramírez, and his shipmates, sails without knowing where they were or where they were going. The troubles and frights they suffered until running aground are told p. 136

VI Thirst, hunger, disease, and death that aggrieved them on this coast. Unexpectedly, they find Catholic folk and know themselves to be in Yucatán, on the mainland of North America p. 144

VII They go to Tihosuco and from there to Valladolid, where they experience hardships. They arrive in Mérida. Alonso Ramirez returns to Valladolid and the hardships are greater. The reason he came to México City and what resulted from it p. 152

The History of the First American of Universal Standing: How Alonso Ramírez, a.lca. Felipe Ferrer, Turned the World on Its Head by Circumnavigating the Globe p. 161

The Discovery of Amcricinmess and the Presage of the End to Empire p. 163

Consummate Impostors Always Tell the Best Piratical Stories p. 170

On Motherhood, Mentoring, and Being the Best at What You Do p. 178

How Ramírez Stole the Name and Reimagined the Character of Felipe Ferrer p. 181

An American Con Man Takes On the English "King of the Sea" p. 186

Last at Sea, or Sailing the West Indies as an Englishman? p. 191

The Story Comes Together on the Coast of Bacalar p. 197

From Pirate to Slave Owner in Search of Legitimacy p. 201

Putting to Paper What "Will Be Very Advisable for the Printing Press to Eternalize" p. 204

Reader Beware p. 213

If and Only "If" p. 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, 1645-1700. Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez.

Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, 1645-1700. Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez. English

ISBN:

9780813593081

0813593085

9780813593074

0813593077

OCLC:

1028581677