Writing from the Edge of the World: The Memoirs of Darien, 1514-1527

by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo

Book Overview

A stirring account of Spain's incursion into the New World Gonzalo Fern?ndez de Oviedo is the 16th-century author of Historia general y natural de las Indias, a general and natural history of the peoples and places he encountered in his travels to Spanish America. Oviedo was educated at the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and held several early appointments to the royal household, first as page to their son, John. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817353399
• ISBN13: 9780817353391
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"