Epics of empire and frontier : Alonso de Ercilla and Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá as Spanish colonial chroniclers /

"First published in 1569, La Araucana, an epic poem written by the Spanish nobleman Alonso de Ercilla, valorizes the Spanish conquest of Chile in the sixteenth century. Nearly a half-century later in 1610, Gaspar de Villagra, Mexican-born captain under the explorer, Juan de Onate in New Mexico,...

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