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Author: Girolamo Benzoni ,
Jana Byars (Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State) ,
Robert C. Schwaller (Assistant Professor of History, University of Kansas) ,
Jana Byars (Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition: Abridged edition
Volume: 11
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 0.90cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.204kg
ISBN: 9780271077574
ISBN 10: 0271077573
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 15 February 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Long sampled by Spain s enemies in search of Black Legend propaganda, Girolamo Benzoni s gripping 1556 account of his misadventures in early Spanish America has rarely been treated on its own as a tale of personal survival and rare foreign witness to conquest and its aftermath. Surprisingly direct and accessible, <em>The History of the New World</em> benefits tremendously from Jana Byars s new translation and from her and Robert Schwaller s careful editing and introduction, which will help today s readers navigate Benzoni s wild tales of lost treasure, shipwreck, jungle warfare, and human sacrifice. </p> Kris Lane, author of <em>Pillaging the Empire: Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500-1750</em> </p>
Jana Byars and Robert Schwaller s highly accessible edited translation of Benzoni s adventures will be a valuable vehicle for teaching the early history of the New World. Benzoni s references to crucial themes in colonial history and his unsubtle discourse regarding the Spanish conquests will certainly stimulate classroom discussions ranging from the Black Legend debate to the usefulness and pitfalls of firsthand travel accounts. This new edition will add yet another indispensable primary document to our collection of historical references for Anglophone students. </p> Renee Soulodre-La France, author of <em>Region e imperio: El Tolima Grande y las Reformas Borbonicas en el siglo XVIII</em></p>
Robert Schwaller and Jana Byars provide an engaging translation of Benzoni that contextualizes his work within modern scholarship on the early modern Atlantic world as well as recent historical research on the Americas. They are careful to point out that this eyewitness account provides valuable information about the New World, but they also demonstrate how and why the History is not always to be trusted for its accuracy. This book will be greatly appreciated by students and scholars of Latin American history, cross-cultural exchange in the Renaissance, and travel writing. --Lia Markey, author of Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence
Author Information
Jana Byars is Assistant Professor of History at Iowa State University. Robert C. Schwaller is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kansas and the author of Géneros de Gente in Early Colonial Mexico: Defining Racial Difference.
