Quito 1599
Subtitle: city and colony in transition
By: Kris Lane.
Edition: [1st ed.].
Series: Diálogos; Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Quito (Ecuador) -- History -- 16th century; Quito (Audiencia) -- History; Quito (Ecuador) -- Economic conditions -- 16th century; Quito (Ecuador) -- Race relations; Quito (Ecuador) -- Social life and customs -- 16th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Castaways"; title: A Quito immigrant's letter to a relative in Spain; title: "Captivity and redemption"; title: Native lords write to King Philip II; title: "Tilling the center"; title: A miner-encomendero's last letter home; title: "Mining the margins"; title: Prosperous settlers write home; title: "Adventures in trade"; title: An anonymous description of Guayaquil; title: "Pirates, soldiers, cannibals."