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Overview"Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo is the 16th-century author of """"Historia general y natural de las Indias"""", a general and natural history of the peoples and places he encountered in his travels to Spanish America. Oviedo was educated at the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and held several early appointments to the royal household, first as page to their son, John. In 1513, he accepted the appointment as inspector of the gold mines of Castilla de Oro on the Isthmus of Panama in Darien, the first viable Spanish settlement on the American mainland. His first year at the very edge of the known world converted Oviedo into a lifelong resident of America and, more importantly, marked the beginning of his campaign to appropriate the topic of the Indies and become its interpreter to Europe. As G. F. Dille points out in his introduction, this work earned Oviedo the title of many firsts - first historian, first enthographer, first naturalist, first anthropologist, and first sociologist of the New World. Dille adds to that list first autobiographer and first novelist of the Americas. This annotated translation contains the section of Oviedo's work that recounts his experience in the New World during his service in Panama. Dille includes a brief introduction to Oviedo and provides general information on the political background of Spain and on the Spanish colonial system, the printing history of the text, a description of the reception of Oviedo's work, and notes on the translation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo , G.F. Dille , G.F. Dille , G.F. DillePublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9780817353391ISBN 10: 0817353399 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 30 August 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe translation reads beautifully.... G. F. Dille focuses on a central but little studied section of the enormous history: Oviedo's firsthand account of his experience in the conquest and settlement of Spain's first colonies on the Main Land (known today as Panama), some two dozen years after Columbus's first landfall in America. - Kathleen Ann Myers, author of Word from New Spain: The Spiritual Autobiography of Maria de San Jose The translation reads beautifully.... G. F. Dille focuses on a central but little studied section of the enormous history: Oviedo's firsthand account of his experience in the conquest and settlement of Spain's first colonies on the Main Land (known today as Panama), some two dozen years after Columbus's first landfall in America. - Kathleen Ann Myers, author of Word from New Spain: The Spiritual Autobiography of Maria de San Jose Author InformationG. F. Dille is Professor Emeritus of Spanish at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and author of Antonio Enriquez Gomez, 1600-1663. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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