Of cannibals and kings : primal anthropology in the Americas / Neil L. Whitehead.

Author/creator Whitehead, Neil L.
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLatin American originals ; v. 7
Latin American originals ; v. 7. ^A768712
Contents The letter, and extracts from the journal of Columbus's first voyage to America (1492) -- The report of Diego Chanca on Columbus's second voyage to America (1494) -- Writings of Friar Roman on the antiquities of the Indians, which he collected on request of the admiral with diligence, as a man who knows their language (ca. 1498) -- The deposition of Rodrigo Figueroa on the Islands of the Barbarous Caribes (1520) -- An account of the Provinces of the Aruacas by Rodrigo de Navarrete (ca. 1550).
Abstract "Translations of the earliest accounts, from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, of the native peoples of the Americas, including Columbus's descriptions of his first voyage. Documents the emergence of a primal anthropology and how Spanish ethnological classifications were integral to colonial discovery, occupation, and conquest"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [127]-137) and index.
LCCN 2011015423
ISBN9780271037998 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0271037997 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E59.F53 W55 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold