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T1 From Santa Bárbara to San Juan de los Caballeros : Villagrá's "Historia" and the "Itinerario" of Juan de Oñate's expedition of 1598
A1 Sánchez, Joseph P.
K1 Gaspar de Villagrá
K1 Space
K1 Geographical references
K1 Colonial documents
K1 Reliability
K1 Poetic license
K1 Espacio
K1 Referencias geográficas
K1 Documentos coloniales
K1 Veracidad
K1 Licencia poética
AB The Itinerary of Juan de Oñate's expedition (1598) and the Historia de la Nueva México (1610) by Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá are distinct in their styles and purposes. The itinerary is an official document which formed part of the report of the expedition. It was also subject to possible investigation by colonial officials. The Historia by Villagrá is the result of a literary expression about the route of the xpedition in form of an epic poem written from the point of view of the author. Up to what point can Villagrá’s. Historia be trusted? When the poetic licenses and words of the author are put aside andthe events described by Villagrá can be compared with the facts of the itinerary and other documents related to the expedition, then it can be shown that Villagrá's work has validity — especially where the parts of the Historia can be verified by the statements identified in the Itinerary. This essay will explore the similarities between selected passages of the Itinerary, as an official document and the Historia, as a literary work.
PB Universidad de Alcalá, Servicio de Publicaciones
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/11063
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/11063
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 20-abr-2024