A hero for the Americas : the legend of Gonzalo Guerrero / Robert Calder.
Author/creator |
Calder, Robert, 1941- author. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2017] |
Copyright Notice | ©2017 |
Description | xi, 217 pages : maps ; 20 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | "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. |
Abstract | The biography of Spaniard Gonzalo Guerrero, who became one of the great leaders of the Mayan race. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index. |
Genre/form | Biography. |
Genre/form | History. |
ISBN | 9780889775091 |
ISBN | 0889775095 |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | F1228.98 .G84 C35 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |