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An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians
Chronicles of the New World Encounter

 

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An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians
Chronicles of the New World Encounter

by Fray Ramon Pane (Author)
Jose Arrom (Introduction)
Susan Griswold (Translator)

 

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ISBN: 9780822323471

 

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Fray Ramon Pane, a self-described poor friar of the Order of Saint Jerome, arrived in Hispanola with Christopher Columbus in 1494 where he spent two years living with and recording the lives of its indigenous inhabitants. This title presents the written record produced by Pane, complete with the anthropological research on these early people.



He provides the first known account of the use of tobacco and recounts the use of idols in ritual ceremonies. The names, functions, and attributes of native gods, the mythological origin of the aboriginal people's attitudes toward sex and gender, and their rich stories of creation are described as well.With this new edition, Pane's remarkable and unapologetic examination of an indigenous people will enlighten English-speaking students of history, Latin America, and anthropology. Fray Ramon Pane, a self-described "poor friar of the Order of Saint Jerome," arrived in Hispanola with Christopher Columbus in 1494 where he spent the next two years living with and recording the lives of its indigenous inhabitants. Jose Juan Arrom is Professor Emeritus of Latin American Literature at Yale University and the author of numerous books, including "Imaginacion del Nuevo Mundo". Susan Griswold is Professor of Foreign Languages at Wofford College in South Carolina and is the translator of "The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature".


 

ISBN 822323478
ISBN13 9780822323471
Publisher Duke University Press
Format Paperback
Publication date 01/06/1999
Pages 128
Weight (grammes) 181
Published in United States
Height (mm) 230
Width (mm) 154