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Lädt ... A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient: The American Southeast During the Sixteenth Centuryvon Paul E. Hoffman
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Paul E. Hoffman's groundbreaking book focuses on a neglected area of colonial history -- southeastern North America during the sixteenth-century. Hoffman describes expeditions to the region, efforts at colonization, and rivalries between the French, Spanish, and English. He reveals the ways in which the explorers' expectations -- fueled by legends -- crumbled in the face of difficulties encountered along the southeastern coast. The first book to link the earliest voyages with the explorations of the sixteenth century and the settlement of later colonies, Hoffman's work is an important reassessment of southern colonial history. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Francisco "el Chicorano" spent many evenings beguiling his master with tales of the wonders of his native land. My thought is that Francisco was clever enough, and fluent enough in Spanish, to have learned of the urge Spanish males had for exploration and adventure. He probably overheard discussions Allyón had with his friends Peter Martyr, an Italian living in Seville, who was a member of the Council of the Indies (Consejo de Indias), and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, historian of the era. Francisco told Allyón fabulous tales. Oviedo warned Allyón not to believe the Indian's stories. Allyón apparently did, for he mounted his own expedition in 1526, and took Francisco with him. When the ships made landfall on the Carolina coast, close to the place where Francisco had been captured, "el Chicorano" took to his heels and vanished into the woods, never to be seen by Europeans again. His spinning of yarns to his master, creating the so-called "legend of 'Chicora'", was nothing more than a scheme by a clever man to get himself back home. It worked. ( )