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Writing from the Edge of the World: The Memoirs of Darien, 1514-1527
Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo
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Description for Writing from the Edge of the World: The Memoirs of Darien, 1514-1527
Paperback. Contains the section of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo's work that recounts his experience in the New World during his service in Panama. This work includes an 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, and more. Editor(s): Dille, G.F. Translator(s): Dille, G.F. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817353391
SKU
V9780817353391
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About Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo
G. F. Dille is Professor Emeritus of Spanish at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and author of Antonio Enriquez Gomez, 1600-1663.
Reviews for Writing from the Edge of the World: The Memoirs of Darien, 1514-1527
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 ... Read more