Title The improbable conquest : sixteenth-century letters from the Río de la Plata / edited and translated by Pablo García Loaeza and Victoria L. Garrett

Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 121 pages) : illustrations, map Series Latin American originals ; 9 Latin American originals ; 9. Contents Selected letters from the Río de la Plata -- Pedro de Mendoza to Juan de Ayolas (April 21, 1537) -- Isabel Guevara to Princess Juana (July 2, 1556) -- Domingo de Irala to Emperor Charles V (March 1, 1545) -- Francisco Galán to Rodrigo de Vera (March 1, 1545) -- Juan Pavyenn to Martín de Agreda (June 15, 1556) -- Francisco de Andrada to the Council of the Indies (March 1, 1545) -- Martín González to Emperor Charles V (June 25, 1556) -- Domingo Martínez to Emperor Charles V (July 2, 1556) Summary "A translation of letters written by settlers in the Río de la Plata region of South America during the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Spaniards -- Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History -- 16th century Spaniards -- Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Correspondence Explorers -- Spain -- Correspondence TRAVEL -- Africa -- General. HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Discoveries in geography -- Spanish Explorers Spaniards SUBJECT Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish Rio de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History -- 16th century Subject South America -- Río de la Plata Region Spain Genre/Form History Personal correspondence Form Electronic book Author García Loaeza, Pablo, 1972- editor, translator Garrett, Victoria L. (Victoria Lynn), 1981- editor, translator. ISBN 9780271066585 027106658X 9780271066592 0271066598

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