Fernández de Oviedo's chronicle of America : a new history for a New World /
Myers, Kathleen Ann.
Scott, Nina M.
Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo,1478-1557.Historia general y natural de las Indias.English.Selections.
Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press,
2007.
Translations of passages from Fernández de Oviedo's Historia general y natural de las Indias--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-313) and index.
New World, new history and the writing of America -- Between two worlds : the life and writings of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes -- A reader's guide to a New World history -- The historian as actor and autobiographer : Tierra Firme 1514 -- Eyewitness to America's wonders : illustrating a natural history of the Indies -- Amazon women and New World realities : documenting an expanding world -- Cortes and the conquest of Mexico : truth and multiple testimonies -- Native Americans in Oviedo's History -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Chronology of Fernández de Oviedo's life and works -- Appendix B. Map of Hispaniola and Tierra Firme, ca. 1540 -- Appendix C. Translations of passages from Fernández de Oviedo's Historia general y natural de las Indias.
Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557.
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