Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Chronicle of the Narváez ExpeditionCondition: NewSubtitle: A Norton Critical EditionISBN-10: 0393918157EAN: 9780393918151ISBN: 9780393918151Publisher: WW Norton & CoFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/12/2012Description: Published in 1542 to an astonished and captivated public, Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition tells the unforgettable story of a sixteenth-century soldier turned explorer who, along with three other survivors of a shipwreck, makes his way across an unknown geographic and cultural landscape. This Norton Critical Edition is based on David Frye’s new translation. It is accompanied by Ilan Stavan’s introduction, the translator’s preface, the editor’s detailed explanatory annotations, and a map tracing Cabeza de Vaca’s journey from Florida to California. “Alternative Narratives and Sequels” enriches the reader’s understanding of and appreciation for Cabeza de Vaca’s chronicle, which can be read both as historical record and as fiction (Cabeza de Vaca having written his account years after the events took place). Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdéz’s General and Natural History of the Indies (1535) provides a different account of the same journey, while sequels can be found in a 1539 letter from the Viceroy of New Spain to the Emperor and in Fray Marcos de Niza’s Relación on the Discovery of the Kingdom of Cibola (1539). The Spanish explorers, soldiers, and missionaries of the period saw the New World as a place of enchantment, riches, and opportunity. This spirit is captured in “Contexts” with documents including a 1493 letter from Christopher Columbus to a potential benefactor of his future travels; Hernán Cortés’s 1520 letter from Mexico; and an excerpt from Fray Bartolomé’s Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1542). A selection from Miguel León Portilla’s Broken Spears provides readers with the viewpoint of the vanquished. “Criticism” includes five major assessments of Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition spanning eighty years. Contributors include Morris Bishop, Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz, Paul Schneider, Andrés Reséndez, and Beatriz Rivera-Barnes. A Chronology, Selected Bibliography, and Index are also included.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 213mmItem Length: 132mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 234gAuthor: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de VacaTranslator: David FryeContributor: Ilan Stavans (Edited by), David Frye (Translated by)Genre: Travel & TransportTopic: Science Nature & MathBook Series: Norton Critical EditionsRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition

Title: Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition

Subtitle: A Norton Critical Edition

ISBN-10: 0393918157

EAN: 9780393918151

ISBN: 9780393918151

Release Date: 11/12/2012

Release Year: 2012

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Translator: David Frye

Contributor: David Frye (Translated by)

Genre: Travel & Transport

Topic: Science Nature & Math

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Publication Name: Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition : Norton Critical Edition

Language: English

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Publication Year: 2012

Item Height: 0.6 in

Subject: European / Spanish & Portuguese, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Expeditions & Discoveries

Item Weight: 8.3 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Length: 8.4 in

Item Width: 5.2 in

Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback