An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians: A New Edition, with an Introductory Study, Notes, and Appendices by José Juan Arrom - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Fray Ramon PanéSeries:Latin America in TranslationPublish date:1999-11-15Pages:104
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822323471ISBN-10:822323478UPC:9780822323471Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Anthropology, Americas (North Central South West Indies)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SCQDEC6J2B
An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians: A New Edition, with an Introductory Study, Notes, and Appendices by José Juan Arrom
Accompanying Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1494 was a young Spanish friar named Ram?n Pan?. 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...
Series: Latin America in Translation
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822323471ISBN-10:822323478UPC:9780822323471Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Anthropology, Americas (North Central South West Indies)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.22 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SCQDEC6J2B
Fray Ramon Pané, a self-described "poor friar of the Order of Saint Jerome," arrived in Hispaniola with Christopher Columbus in 1494 where he spent the next two years living with and recording the lives of its indigenous inhabitants.
José Juan Arrom is Professor Emeritus of Latin American Literature at Yale University and the author of numerous books, including Imaginación del Nuevo Mundo.
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