Report on the Island and Diocese of Puerto Rico (1647) (Ecos) - Softcover

Torres Y Vargas, Canon Diego

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589661893 ISBN 13: 9781589661899

Publisher: University of Scranton Press, 2010

Synopsis

Composed at the request of the Royal Spanish Chronicler of the Indies, Don Diego Torres y Vargas’s Report on the Island & Diocese of Puerto Rico was the first history of Puerto Rico written by a native of the Spanish island colony. Torres y Vargas, a fourth generation Puerto Rican and descendant of Ponce de Leon, records here the history of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico as well as the political, social, military, economic, and natural history of the island.

            This translation—the first ever into English—includes three historical essays by eminent Puerto Rican and Latino Studies scholar Anthony Stevens-Arroyo and extensive translator notes to guide the reader through the realities of seventeenth-century Puerto Rican culture and society.   

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About the Author

Don Diego Torres y Vargas (1615–70) was a Catholic priest and the Cathedral Canon of the Diocese of Puerto Rico. Anthony M. Stevens is professor emeritus of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Scranton Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589661893
• ISBN 13: 9781589661899
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200