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

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 121 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Latin American originals ; 9
Latin American originals ; 9.
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.
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).
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Subject Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History -- 16th century.
Spaniards -- Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History -- 16th century.
Spaniards.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Spaniards -- Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Correspondence.
Explorers -- Spain -- Correspondence.
Explorers.
Spain.
Genre/Form Correspondence.
Chronological Term 1500-1599
Genre/Form History.
Personal correspondence.
Electronic books.
Personal correspondence.
Added Author García Loaeza, Pablo, 1972- editor, translator.
Garrett, Victoria L. (Victoria Lynn), 1981- editor, translator.
Other Form: Print version: Improbable conquest 9780271065489 (DLC) 2014028301 (OCoLC)892620246
ISBN 9780271066585 electronic book
027106658X electronic book
9780271065489
0271065486
9780271066592
0271066598
Music No. MWT11645741