Synopses & Reviews
andldquo;The most authoritative edition of Gonzalo Solandiacute;s de Merandaacute;sandrsquo;s rare eye-witness account of Pedro Menandeacute;ndez de Avilandeacute;sandrsquo;s 1565 expedition to Florida, one of the earliest and most valuable accounts written about any region in the United States.andrdquo;andmdash;J. Michael Francis, author of
Invading Colombia: Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo Jimandeacute;nez de Quesada Expedition of Conquest and#160;
andldquo;An invaluable source for scholars and aficionados of La Florida alike. The history reads like a novel, and with its careful presentation, we now have a reliable source to a key chapter in early American history and literature.andrdquo;andmdash;Thomas Hallock, coeditor of William Bartram, The Search for Natureand#39;s Design: Selected Art, Letters, and Unpublished Writings
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Pedro Menandeacute;ndez de Avilandeacute;s (1519andndash;1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solandiacute;s de Merandaacute;s, who left a detailed and passionate account of the events leading to the establishment of Americaandrsquo;s oldest city.
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Until recently, the only extant version of Solandiacute;s de Merandaacute;sandrsquo;s record was one single manuscript that Eugenio Ruidandiacute;az y Caravia transcribed in 1893, and subsequent editions and translations have always followed Ruidandiacute;azandrsquo;s text. In 2012, David Arbesanduacute; discovered a more complete record: a manuscript including folios lost for centuries and, more important, excluding portions of the 1893 publication based on retellings rather than the original document.
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In the resulting volume, Pedro Menandeacute;ndez de Avilandeacute;s and the Conquest of Florida, Arbesanduacute; sheds light on principal events missing from the story of St. Augustineandrsquo;s founding. By consulting the original chronicle, Arbesanduacute; provides readers with the definitive bilingual edition of this seminal text.
Synopsis
"The most authoritative edition of Gonzalo Solis de Meras's rare eye-witness account of Pedro Menendez de Aviles's 1565 expedition to Florida, one of the earliest and most valuable accounts written about any region in the United States."--J. Michael Francis, author of Invading Colombia: Spanish Accounts of the Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada Expedition of Conquest
"An invaluable source for scholars and aficionados of La Florida alike. The history reads like a novel, and with its careful presentation, we now have a reliable source to a key chapter in early American history and literature."--Thomas Hallock, coeditor of William Bartram, The Search for Nature's Design: Selected Art, Letters, and Unpublished Writings
Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solis de Meras, who left a detailed and passionate account of the events leading to the establishment of America's oldest city.
Until recently, the only extant version of Solis de Meras's record was one single manuscript that Eugenio Ruidiaz y Caravia transcribed in 1893, and subsequent editions and translations have always followed Ruidiaz's text. In 2012, David Arbesu discovered a more complete record: a manuscript including folios lost for centuries and, more important, excluding portions of the 1893 publication based on retellings rather than the original document.
In the resulting volume, Pedro Menendez de Aviles and the Conquest of Florida, Arbesu sheds light on principal events missing from the story of St. Augustine's founding. By consulting the original chronicle, Arbesu provides readers with the definitive bilingual edition of this seminal text.
Synopsis
Pedro Menendez de Aviles (1519-1574) founded St. Augustine in 1565. His expedition was documented by his brother-in-law, Gonzalo Solis de Meras, who left a detailed and passionate account of the events leading to the establishment of America's oldest city.
Until recently, the only extant version of Solis de Meras's record was one single manuscript which Eugenio Ruidiaz y Caravia transcribed in 1893, and subsequent editions and translations have always followed Ruidiaz's text. In 2012 David Arbesu discovered a more complete record: a manuscript including folios lost for centuries and, more important, excluding portions of the 1893 publication based on retellings rather than the original document.
In the resulting volume, Pedro Menendez de Aviles and the Conquest of Florida, Arbesu sheds light on principal events missing from the story of St. Augustine's founding. By consulting the original chronicle, Arbesu provides readers with the definitive bilingual edition of this seminal text.
About the Author
David Arbesanduacute;, assistant professor of Spanish at the University of South Florida, has edited various early modern and medieval Spanish texts, including the
Fazienda de Ultramar and
Flores y Blancaflor.