de Vargas Machuca / Lane / Whitehead The Indian Militia and Description of the Indies

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8906-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Reihe: The Cultures and Practice of Violence

Translation of this late 16th century text, recently termed "the first manual of guerrilla warfare ever published," will contribute to a deeper understanding of the history of Spanish colonization, and of the history of science and medicine.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Vargas Machuca, Captain Bernardo

Lane, Kris

Whitehead, Neil L.

Fair, Jo Ellen

Payne, Leigh A.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Johnson, Timothy F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introductory Study xvii

Approvals, Dedications, and Sonnets 1

Book One of the Indian Militia 17

Book Two of the Indian Militia 55

Book Three of the Indian Militia 81

Book Four of the Indian Militia 133

A Brief Description of All the Western Indies 165

Hydrography of the Coasts and Seas of the Indies 213

Geography of the Most Distinguished Kingdoms and Provinces of the Indies 221

Compendium of the Sphere 229

Declaration of the Proper Names of this Book 235

Appendix One: A Posthumous Report on Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Services, ca. 1622 239

Appendix Two: Selections from The Defense of Western Conquests, ca. 1603 245

Notes 259

Bibliography 281

Index 289

Über Autor(innen)

Bernardo de Vargas Machuca (c. 1550–1622) was a soldier from Simancas, Spain, who served in Italty and in numerous South American pacification campaigns. Kris Lane is Associate Professor of History at the College of William & Mary. He is the author of Quito, 1599: City and Colony in Transition and Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500–1750. Timothy F. Johnson is a teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis.Bernardo de Vargas Machuca (c. 1550–1622) was a soldier from Simancas, Spain, who served in Italty and in numerous South American pacification campaigns. Kris Lane is Associate Professor of History at the College of William & Mary. He is the author of Quito, 1599: City and Colony in Transition and Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500–1750. Timothy F. Johnson is a teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis.