Conquistador in chains, Cabeza de vaca and the Indians of the americas
Editorial UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS
- ISBN13 9780817308285
- ISBN10 0817308288
- Type Book
- Bookbinding Rustic
Sections
History Of AmericaConquistador in chains, Cabeza de vaca and the Indians of the americas
Editorial UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
The current image of the Spanish conquest of America and of the conquistadores who carried it out is one of destruction and oppression. One conquistador does not fit that image. A life-changing adventure led Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca to seek a different kind of conquest, one that would be just and humane, true to Spanish religion and law yet safeguarding liberty and justice for the Indians of the New World. His use of the skills learned from his experiences with the Indians of North America, however, did not always help him in understanding and managing the Indians of South America, and too many of the Spanish settlers in the Rio de la Plata Province found that his policies threatened their own interests and relations with the Indians. Eventually many of those Spaniards joined a conspiracy that removed him from power and returned him to Spain in chains.