The improbable conquest
Subtitle: sixteenth-century letters from the Río de la Plata
By: edited and translated by Pablo García Loaeza and Victoria L. Garrett
Series: Latin American originals -- 9
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: University Park, Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9780271065489
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; Spanish; History; Spaniards; Correspondence; Explorers
Description: "A translation of letters written by settlers in the Río de la Plata region of South America during the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and index.
Table of contents: title: Selected letters from the Río de la Plata; title: Pedro de Mendoza to Juan de Ayolas (April 21, 1537); title: Isabel Guevara to Princess Juana (July 2, 1556); title: Domingo de Irala to Emperor Charles V (March 1, 1545); title: Francisco Galán to Rodrigo de Vera (March 1, 1545); title: Juan Pavyenn to Martín de Agreda (June 15, 1556); title: Francisco de Andrada to the Council of the Indies (March 1, 1545); title: Martín González to Emperor Charles V (June 25, 1556); title: Domingo Martínez to Emperor Charles V (July 2, 1556).