Colonial travelers in Latin America /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
[1972]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
| Series: | Borzoi books on Latin America.
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Table of Contents:
- The Atlantic crossing of Father Tomas de la Torre (1544)
- Carvajal's account of the discovery of the Amazon (1542)
- Robert Tomson's voyage to the West Indies and Mexico (1555-1558)
- Journey of Francesco Carletti to South America and Mexico (1594-1596)
- Anonymous description of Peru (1600-1615)
- Visit of Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa to Cajamarca, Peru (1615)
- Acarete du Biscay's journey from Buenos Aires to Potosi (1658)
- The Pacific crossing of Gemelli-Careri (1697-1698)
- Voyage of Amedee Frezier to South America (1712-1714)
- The expulsion of the Jesuits from Paraguay as recounted by Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1767)
- Concolorcorvo's description of travel by carreta in the Argentine (1773)
- John Mawe's journey into the interior of Brazil (1809)
- Travels of Alexander von Humboldt among the Carib Indians of Venezuela (1800)
- Bibliography (p. [231]-232)