| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index. |
| Summary |
The biography of Spaniard Gonzalo Guerrero, who became one of the great leaders of the Mayan race. |
| Contents |
"No white man ever enters it" : the Yucatán Peninsula -- "To serve God and ... to get rich" : the lure of the New World -- "It seemed the end of the world" : Balboa, Pizarro, and the perils of Darién -- "It will never do to leave him here" : shipwreck, enslavement, and Hernán Cortés -- "What would the Spanish say should they see me in this guise?" : Gonzalo among the Maya -- "Language is the perfect instrument of empire" : Aguilar and the conquest of the Aztecs -- "Gonzalo, my brother and special friend" : Guerrero the warrior and the battle for Yucatán -- "The power of narrative is absolute" : Guerrero in the contemporary Mexican consciousness. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Guerrero, Gonzalo, -approximately 1528.
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Guerrero, Gonzalo, -approximately 1528. |
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Conquest of Mexico (Mexico : 1519-1540) |
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Spaniards -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Spaniards. |
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Mexico. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
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Mayas -- Yucatán Peninsula -- History -- 16th century.
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Mayas. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Mayas -- First contact with other peoples.
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Mayas -- First contact with other peoples. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Legend of Gonzalo Guerrero |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Calder, Robert, 1941- Hero for the Americas. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2017] 9780889775091 (OCoLC)978286075 |
| ISBN |
9780889775107 (electronic book) |
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0889775109 (electronic book) |
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9780889775091 |
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0889775095 |
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9780889775114 |
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0889775117 |
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