Registro 15 de 29
| Autores: | Benzoni, Girolamo, 1519- Smyth, W.H., ed y trad. |
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| Título: | History of the New World : shewing his travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556 with some particulars of the Island of Canary |
| Clasificación LC: | AFO G 161 .H2 1857 |
| Clasificación: | Salón Termer |
| Editorial: | London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1857 |
| Descripción: | iv, 280 p. : il. ; 22 cm. |
| Serie: | Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 21 |
| Temas: | América--Relatos Anteriores a 1600 América Latina--Historia--1541-1556 América Latina--Vida Social y Costumbres--Epoca Colonial América Latina |
| Notas: | Originally published by the Hakluyt Society (1857) |
| Contenido: | A wonderful indian woman in Cumaná.--Mode fo navigating in the northern sea.--Mode of sleeping in the Gulf of Paria and in many other places.--How the indians poured melted gold down the mouths of the spaniards.--The indians of la Española hang themselves in the woods, rather than serve christians.--Mode of doctoring sick people.--Method of making bread.--Method of making wine.--Fruit-bearing trees.--A well-roofed house in the province of suere.--The cacavate tree : shewing how the indians get fire from two pieces of wood.--Trees producing the calabashes, which generally serve indians as vases.--Method of dancing.--Indian method of dancing.--Indian method of living on trees.--Method of fishing and navigating in the south sea.--Indians of Peru worshipping the sun.--Method of working gold and silver.--A tree always drops water from its leaves on the island of ferro |
| Resumen: | Corresponde al diario del explorador Girolamo Benzoni, escrito durante su viaje por América de 1541 a 1556. Benzoni descubre el modo de vida de las diferentes tribus de indígenas viajando desde Venecia hasta Perú pasando por las Islas Canarias y llegando a América por el Caribe |
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