TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benzoni,Girolamo
AU  - Byars,Jana
AU  - Schwaller,Robert C.
TI  - The History of the New World: Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo 
T2  - Latin American Originals
SN  - 9780271079257
U1  - 970.01 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - University Park, PA : 
PB  - Penn State University Press, 
KW  - Indians
KW  - First contact with Europeans
KW  - Indians, Treatment of
KW  - Latin America
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - HISTORY / Latin America / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access
N2  - The History of the New World is an abridged, unique English translation of sixteenth-century Italian merchant Girolamo Benzoni's popular account of his adventures in the Americas and the Spanish colonies.First published in Venice in 1565, Benzoni's book was an immediate best seller and available in at least five languages before the end of the century. It spanned the years 1541-56, providing detailed descriptions of native flora and fauna, exciting narration of harrowing exploits, and a surprisingly critical perspective on the expanding Spanish Empire's methods of conquest and governance, in which Benzoni highlighted the struggles of indigenous peoples. This edition follows the three-book structure of the original account but focuses on Benzoni's own experiences, omitting episodes to which he was not a witness and excising repetition and hyperbolic hearsay.The first English-language version published since 1847, this volume includes an informative introduction and annotations that situate Benzoni and his fascinating writings in the larger context of Spanish colonial conquest. Perfect for classroom use, this is a lively, vivid firsthand account of the adventure and wonder of the New World
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271079257?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271079257
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780271079257/original
ER  -