Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610: A Critical and Annotated Spanish/English Edition (Pasó Por Aquí Series on the Nuevomexicano Literary Heritage) - Hardcover

Villagrá, Gaspar Pérez De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826313922 ISBN 13: 9780826313928

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2004

Synopsis

One of the first travel journals of its kind to be published, this epic poem about Juan de Oñate's entrada that led to the founding of Nueva México in 1598 (to become the state of New Mexico 314 years later) is full of the hopes and dreams of those who traveled with Oñate. Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 was written fourteen years before John Smith's History of Virginia. Its thirty-four cantos have long been considered a key source for early New Mexico history and this bilingual Spanish/English version presents it as literature.

By situating Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 within the Hispanic literary heritage, the work is restored to the canon of American literature.

About this title

About the Authors

Miguel Encinias resides in Albuquerque.

Alfred Rodriguez is professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

From the Back Cover

Villagra's epic poem of Oñate's entry into New Mexico in 1598 is available again in this beautiful bilingual edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826313922
• ISBN 13: 9780826313928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 411
• Editor: Encinias Miguel, Rodriguez Alfred