Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index.
Contents
Historical representation in the Spanish humanist context, Juan Luis Vives -- Conjecture and credibility in the Historia general y natural de las Indias by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdes -- Vision and voice : The Historia de las Indias by Bartolome de las Casas -- History and memory : narrative perspective in Bernal Díaz del Castillo.