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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 91
Página vi
... caused him to deny it 34 10. How Pliny and most of the ancients believed the same as Aristotle 38 II . How some mention of this New World is found in the ancients 39 12. What Plato believed concerning these West Indies 43 13. How some ...
... caused him to deny it 34 10. How Pliny and most of the ancients believed the same as Aristotle 38 II . How some mention of this New World is found in the ancients 39 12. What Plato believed concerning these West Indies 43 13. How some ...
Página vii
... caused the ancients to have no doubt that the Torrid Zone was uninhabitable 75 3. How the Torrid Zone is very wet ... causes rain when it is most distant , and in the Tropics the reverse , when it is nearest 84 8. How what is said of the ...
... caused the ancients to have no doubt that the Torrid Zone was uninhabitable 75 3. How the Torrid Zone is very wet ... causes rain when it is most distant , and in the Tropics the reverse , when it is nearest 84 8. How what is said of the ...
Página xi
... 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 by the Indians 255 3. How there is some knowledge of God among the CONTENTS xi.
... 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 by the Indians 255 3. How there is some knowledge of God among the CONTENTS xi.
Página xv
... cause of the war waged by the Mexicans 12. Of Izcoatl , the fourth king , and the war against the Tepanecas 403 13. Of the battle the Mexicans fought with the Tepanecas and the great victory they achieved 407 14. Of the war and victory ...
... cause of the war waged by the Mexicans 12. Of Izcoatl , the fourth king , and the war against the Tepanecas 403 13. Of the battle the Mexicans fought with the Tepanecas and the great victory they achieved 407 14. Of the war and victory ...
Página 5
... cause natural pleasure and delight in persons of ex- quisite perception , and because news of strange customs and events also pleases by way of its novelty , I believe that my book can serve Your Highness as honorable and useful ...
... cause natural pleasure and delight in persons of ex- quisite perception , and because news of strange customs and events also pleases by way of its novelty , I believe that my book can serve Your Highness as honorable and useful ...
Contenido
VIII | 11 |
IX | 14 |
X | 17 |
XI | 21 |
XII | 22 |
XIII | 24 |
XIV | 27 |
XVI | 29 |
CXXVI | 231 |
CXXVII | 233 |
CXXVIII | 234 |
CXXIX | 237 |
CXXX | 238 |
CXXXI | 240 |
CXXXII | 242 |
CXXXIII | 244 |
XVII | 32 |
XVIII | 36 |
XIX | 37 |
XX | 41 |
XXI | 42 |
XXIV | 45 |
XXV | 47 |
XXVI | 49 |
XXVII | 53 |
XXVIII | 56 |
XXIX | 59 |
XXXI | 62 |
XXXIV | 65 |
XXXV | 67 |
XXXVI | 69 |
XXXVII | 70 |
XXXVIII | 73 |
XXXIX | 75 |
XLI | 76 |
XLII | 78 |
XLIV | 79 |
XLV | 82 |
XLVI | 85 |
XLVII | 86 |
XLVIII | 87 |
XLIX | 89 |
LII | 91 |
LIII | 93 |
LIV | 95 |
LV | 97 |
LVII | 98 |
LVIII | 102 |
LIX | 104 |
LX | 107 |
LXI | 110 |
LXII | 113 |
LXIII | 114 |
LXIV | 115 |
LXV | 120 |
LXVI | 123 |
LXVII | 126 |
LXVIII | 127 |
LXIX | 129 |
LXX | 130 |
LXXI | 134 |
LXXII | 137 |
LXXIII | 139 |
LXXIV | 141 |
LXXV | 144 |
LXXVI | 146 |
LXXVII | 147 |
LXXVIII | 149 |
LXXIX | 152 |
LXXX | 154 |
LXXXI | 155 |
LXXXII | 158 |
LXXXIII | 159 |
LXXXVI | 160 |
LXXXVII | 163 |
XC | 164 |
XCI | 168 |
XCII | 170 |
XCIII | 173 |
XCIV | 177 |
XCV | 180 |
XCVI | 181 |
XCVII | 184 |
XCVIII | 186 |
C | 190 |
CI | 191 |
CII | 193 |
CIII | 195 |
CIV | 198 |
CV | 200 |
CVI | 201 |
CVII | 204 |
CVIII | 205 |
CIX | 207 |
CX | 209 |
CXI | 212 |
CXII | 213 |
CXIII | 214 |
CXIV | 216 |
CXVI | 218 |
CXVII | 220 |
CXIX | 222 |
CXXI | 224 |
CXXII | 226 |
CXXIII | 228 |
CXXIV | 230 |
CXXXIV | 248 |
CXXXV | 251 |
CXXXVI | 253 |
CXXXVII | 254 |
CXXXVIII | 256 |
CXXXIX | 259 |
CXL | 262 |
CXLI | 264 |
CXLII | 265 |
CXLIII | 267 |
CXLIV | 272 |
CXLV | 273 |
CXLVI | 274 |
CXLVII | 276 |
CXLVIII | 279 |
CXLIX | 280 |
CL | 282 |
CLI | 285 |
CLIV | 286 |
CLV | 289 |
CLVI | 291 |
CLVII | 294 |
CLVIII | 296 |
CLX | 298 |
CLXI | 299 |
CLXII | 302 |
CLXIII | 306 |
CLXIV | 310 |
CLXV | 312 |
CLXVI | 317 |
CLXVII | 322 |
CLXVIII | 325 |
CLXIX | 327 |
CLXXII | 329 |
CLXXIV | 331 |
CLXXV | 332 |
CLXXVI | 333 |
CLXXVII | 336 |
CLXXVIII | 337 |
CLXXIX | 340 |
CLXXX | 342 |
CLXXXI | 343 |
CLXXXII | 345 |
CLXXXIII | 347 |
CLXXXIV | 348 |
CLXXXV | 350 |
CLXXXVII | 353 |
CLXXXVIII | 354 |
CLXXXIX | 355 |
CXC | 356 |
CXCI | 359 |
CXCII | 361 |
CXCIII | 363 |
CXCIV | 365 |
CXCV | 366 |
CXCVI | 368 |
CXCVII | 369 |
CXCVIII | 370 |
CC | 372 |
CCI | 377 |
CCII | 381 |
CCIII | 384 |
CCIV | 386 |
CCV | 388 |
CCVI | 390 |
CCVII | 392 |
CCIX | 395 |
CCX | 397 |
CCXI | 399 |
CCXIII | 401 |
CCXIV | 405 |
CCXV | 407 |
CCXVI | 408 |
CCXVII | 411 |
CCXVIII | 413 |
CCXIX | 415 |
CCXX | 418 |
CCXXI | 420 |
CCXXII | 422 |
CCXXIV | 424 |
CCXXV | 425 |
CCXXVI | 430 |
CCXXVII | 434 |
CCXXVIII | 436 |
CCXXIX | 440 |
CCXXX | 442 |
CCXXXII | 449 |
CCXXXIII | 517 |
CCXXXIV | 523 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abundance Acosta Acosta's book America Amerindian ancient Andean animals Aristotle Azcapotzalco Aztec believe brought called cause ceremonies CHAPTER Chile Christian coast cold colonial difference color Cortés cosmology Coyoacán cross Cuzco described devil discovered divine earth east epistemic epistemology equator Europe European festival fire gold Guaman Poma heat heavens Hernán Cortés Holy Huayna Capac Huitzilopochtli hundred idol idolatry Inca Inca Empire Indians Indies islands José de Acosta kind king knowledge lake land large number Latin leagues live lord maize means metals Mexicans Mexico Michoacán mines missionaries Moctezuma modern/colonial world mountains native Ocean Sea offered Peru plants Pliny Potosí priests province quicksilver quipu rain realm reason region resembling rich rivers sacrifices sail Saint seen serve silver sixteenth century Spain Spaniards Spanish stone strait tell temple Texcoco things tion Tlacaelel told took Torrid Zone tree Viracocha wind worshiped writing