An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians
Subtitle: A New Edition, with an Introductory Study, Notes, and Appendices
Contributors: Neil L. Whitehead (Contributor); José Juan Arrom (Editor); Susan Griswold (Translator)
Edition: New edition
Series: Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780822323471
Subjects: American history: pre-Columbian period, BCE to c 1500; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Native American; First contact with Europeans; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science; History - General History; Indians of the West Indies; Sociology; Caribbean islands; Hispaniola; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Anthropology - General; Anthropology/Ethnography; History, Latin American; Latin American Studies; Religion; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Sources; History
First sentence: I, Fray Ramon, a humble friar of the Order of Saint Jerome, am writing what I have been able to discover and understand of the beliefs and idolatries of the Indians, and of how they worship their gods, by order of the illustrious Lord Admiral and Viceroy and Governor of the Islands and Mainland of the Indies.