A hero for the Americas : the legend of Gonzalo Guerrero /

The biography of Spaniard Gonzalo Guerrero, who became one of the great leaders of the Mayan race.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Calder, Robert, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2017]
Temas:
Guerrero, Gonzalo, > -approximately 1528.
Guerrero, Gonzalo, > -approximately 1528
1500-1599
Spaniards > Mexico > Biography.
Mayas > Yucatán Peninsula > History > 16th century.
Mayas > First contact with other peoples.
Espagnols > Mexique > Biographies.
Mayas > Yucatán (Péninsule) > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Mayas > Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Mayas
Mayas > First contact with other peoples
Spaniards
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540.
Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête)
Central America > Yucatán Peninsula
Mexico
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "No white man ever enters it" : the Yucatán Peninsula
  • "To serve God and ... to get rich" : the lure of the New World
  • "It seemed the end of the world" : Balboa, Pizarro, and the perils of Darién
  • "It will never do to leave him here" : shipwreck, enslavement, and Hernán Cortés
  • "What would the Spanish say should they see me in this guise?" : Gonzalo among the Maya
  • "Language is the perfect instrument of empire" : Aguilar and the conquest of the Aztecs
  • "Gonzalo, my brother and special friend" : Guerrero the warrior and the battle for Yucatán
  • "The power of narrative is absolute" : Guerrero in the contemporary Mexican consciousness.

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