Author: Garcilaso de la Vega and Raquel Cahng-rodriguez (ed.)
Title: Beyond Books and Borders: Garcilaso de la Vega and La Florida del Inca.
Description: Bucknell University Press, 2006 Bound, hardcover with original dustjacket (protected with removable cellophane),197pp., 22.5x28.5cm., ills. in b/w., 8 plates in col., in very good condition. As new. Rare. ISBN 9780838756515. La Florida del Inca" (Lisbon, 1605) is a key text in the history and culture of the Americas. In this chronicle, its author, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, born in Cuzco, the son of an Inca princess and a Spanish conquistador, offers a unique representation of Hernando de Soto's expedition (1539-43) to the vast territory then known as La Florida. The studies collected here analyze the period of early contact in La Florida, study the chronicle of the Cuzcan writer and the works that influenced it, with the objective of affirming its central place in colonial, cultural, and transatlantic studies and its importance in understanding the intertwined history of the Americas. An introduction, a chronology, a general bibliography, and fifty-six images offer a frame for these sections. The various essays are written in a direct manner, and are free of jargon with the aim of attracting both general and academic readers. Raquel Chang-Rodriguez is Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Literature and Culture at the City University of New York.

Keywords: Ontdekkingsreizen / Reisverhalen spaanse veroveringen ontdekkingstochten amerika florida inca's hernando de Soto expedition expeditie conquistadores sanish history geschiedenis garcilaso de la vega