Natural and Moral History of the IndiesDuke University Press, 2002 M10 15 - 535 páginas The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, the classic work of New World history originally published by José de Acosta in 1590, is now available in the first new English translation to appear in several hundred years. A Spanish Jesuit, Acosta produced this account by drawing on his own observations as a missionary in Peru and Mexico, as well as from the writings of other missionaries, naturalists, and soldiers who explored the region during the sixteenth century. One of the first comprehensive investigations of the New World, Acosta’s study is strikingly broad in scope. He describes the region’s natural resources, flora and fauna, and terrain. He also writes in detail about the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. A significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World, Acosta's Natural and Moral History of the Indies reveals an effort to incorporate new information into a Christian, Renaissance worldview. He attempted to confirm for his European readers that a "new" continent did indeed exist and that human beings could and did live in equatorial climates. A keen observer and prescient thinker, Acosta hypothesized that Latin America's indigenous peoples migrated to the region from Asia, an idea put forth more than a century before Europeans learned of the Bering Strait. Acosta's work established a hierarchical classification of Amerindian peoples and thus contributed to what today is understood as the colonial difference in Renaissance European thinking. |
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... Peru 242 41. Of alpacas and guanacos and the sheep of Peru 244 42. Of bezoar stones 246 Prologue to the subsequent books 250 BOOK V 1. How the devil's pride and envy have been the cause of idolatry 253 2. Of the kinds of idolatries used ...
... Peru 242 41. Of alpacas and guanacos and the sheep of Peru 244 42. Of bezoar stones 246 Prologue to the subsequent books 250 BOOK V 1. How the devil's pride and envy have been the cause of idolatry 253 2. Of the kinds of idolatries used ...
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... Peru 9. Of the order the Indians maintain in their writings 344 10. How the Indians dispatched their messengers 345 11. Of the government and monarchs that they had 12. Of the government of the Inca kings of Peru 347 13. Of the ...
... Peru 9. Of the order the Indians maintain in their writings 344 10. How the Indians dispatched their messengers 345 11. Of the government and monarchs that they had 12. Of the government of the Inca kings of Peru 347 13. Of the ...
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... Peru in 1571 and arrived in 1572 ( five Jesuits were sent to Peru in 1568 , preceding Acosta ) . Coincidentally , 1572 is the year in which the Jesuit order in the New World was institutionalized formally . Franciscans and Dominicans ...
... Peru in 1571 and arrived in 1572 ( five Jesuits were sent to Peru in 1568 , preceding Acosta ) . Coincidentally , 1572 is the year in which the Jesuit order in the New World was institutionalized formally . Franciscans and Dominicans ...
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... Peru ) , and in Peru he visited the main urban centers of Cuzco , Arequipa , La Paz , Charcas , Potosí , and Chuquisaca . Acosta also benefited from the previous experience of two scholars of similar stature , Juan de Tovar in Mexico ...
... Peru ) , and in Peru he visited the main urban centers of Cuzco , Arequipa , La Paz , Charcas , Potosí , and Chuquisaca . Acosta also benefited from the previous experience of two scholars of similar stature , Juan de Tovar in Mexico ...
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... Peru . Moreover , the Spanish Crown was wary of potential confrontations over jurisdiction with Rome , the home of the Jesuits ' centralized power structure . Despite these concerns , King Philip granted his approval , and the first ...
... Peru . Moreover , the Spanish Crown was wary of potential confrontations over jurisdiction with Rome , the home of the Jesuits ' centralized power structure . Despite these concerns , King Philip granted his approval , and the first ...
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