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1942: Christopher Columbus. Journal of First Voyage to America 

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1942: Christopher Columbus. Journal of First Voyage to America 

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New World in the age of Atlantic explorations

Passage to Asia: recurrent references

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1494: Friar Ramón Pané. An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians 

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1494: Friar Ramón Pané. An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians 

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He participated in the Columbus' second voyage to the New World

He was living in indigenous communities (Tainos) located in Hispaniola.

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1542: Bartolomé de las Casas. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 

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1542: Bartolomé de las Casas. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 

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He arrived at Hispaniola.

As layman: encomendero and landowner

He became a Dominican friar and priest.

"Protector of the Indians" in Mexico--> rights for the natives.

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1565. Bernal Díaz del Castillo. The Conquest of New Spain 

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1565. Bernal Díaz del Castillo. The Conquest of New Spain 

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Soldier under Hernán Cortés’ command.

Seasoned explorer (Cuba, Yucatán)

He became encomendero and governor (Guatemala)

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1540-1585. Mexica informers and  Bernardino de Sahagún. Florentine Codex: General history of the things of New Spain.

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1540-1585. Mexica informers and  Bernardino de Sahagún. Florentine Codex: General history of the things of New Spain.

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Franciscan friar and members of the Mexica elites

Tlatelolco, Texcoco y Tenochtitlán

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1552. Pedro de Cieza de León. The Discovery and Conquest of Peru.

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1552. Pedro de Cieza de León. The Discovery and Conquest of Peru.

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Seasoned member of expeditions

First chronicle of the Andean World

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1615. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala. The First New Chronicle and Good Government

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1615. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala. The First New Chronicle and Good Government

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Qechua nobleman

in-betweener

critique of Spanish colonial rule