Documents of the Coronado Expedition, 1539-1542
"They Were Not Familiar with His Majesty, nor Did They Wish to Be His Subjects"
Publication Year: 2012
This volume is the first annotated, dual-language edition of thirty-four original documents from the Coronado expedition. Using the latest historical, archaeological, geographical, and linguistic research, historians and paleographers Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint make available accurate transcriptions and modern English translations of the documents, including seven never before published and seven others never before available in English. The volume includes a general introduction and explanatory notes at the beginning of each document.
Published by: University of New Mexico Press
Front Cover
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p. 1-1
Title Page, Copyright Page
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pp. 2-6
Contents
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pp. 7-10
Illustrations
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pp. 11-13
General Introduction
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pp. 14-33
Document 1: Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to the King, December 15, 1538
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pp. 34-43
Document 2: Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to Viceroy Mendoza, March 8, 1539
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pp. 44-49
Document 3: Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to the King, July 15, 1539
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pp. 50-57
Document 4: Letter of the Viceroy to the King, 1539
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pp. 58-63
Document 5: Decree of the King Appointing Vázquez de Coronado Governor of Nueva Galicia, April 18, 1539
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pp. 64-71
Document 6: The Viceroy’s Instructions to Fray Marcos de Niza, November 1538, and Narrative Account by Fray Marcos de Niza, August 26, 1539
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pp. 72-101
Document 7: Letters from Antonio de Mendoza and Rodrigo de Albornoz, October 1539
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pp. 102-107
Document 8: Testimony of Witnesses in Habana Regarding Fray Marcos’s Discoveries, November 1539
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pp. 108-118
Document 9: The Viceroy’s Appointment of Vázquez de Coronado to Lead the Expedition, January 6, 1540
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pp. 119-126
Document 10: The King’s Confirmation of Vázquez de Coronado’s Appointment, June 11, 1540
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pp. 127-130
Document 11: Testimony of Juan Bermejo and of Vázquez de Coronado’s Purchasing Agent, Juan Fernández Verdejo, 1552
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pp. 131-147
Document 12: Muster Roll of the Expedition, Compostela, February 22, 1540
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pp. 148-176
Document 13: Record of Mexican Indians Participating in the Expedition, 1576
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pp. 177-183
Document 14: Hearing on Depopulation Charges, February 26, 1540
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pp. 184-197
Document 15: Narrative of Alarcón’s Voyage, 1540
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pp. 198-235
Document 16: The Viceroy’s Instructions to Hernando Alarcón, May 31, 1541
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pp. 236-245
Document 17: The Viceroy’s Letter to the King, Jacona, April 17, 1540
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pp. 246-254
Document 18: Hernán Cortés’s Brief to Carlos V Concerning the Injuries Done to Him by the Viceroy of Nueva España, June 25, 1540
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pp. 255-264
Document 19: Vázquez de Coronado’s Letter to the Viceroy, August 3, 1540
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pp. 265-283
Document 20: Formation of a Company between Mendoza and Pedro de Alvarado, Tiripitío, November 29, 1540
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pp. 284-297
Document 21: Account of Pedro de Alvarado’s Armada, 1541
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pp. 298-301
Document 22: Traslado de las Nuevas (Anonymous Narrative), 1540
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pp. 302-308
Document 23: La Relación Postrera de Cíbola (Fray Toribio de Benavente’s Narrative), 1540s
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pp. 309-315
Document 24: Hernando de Alvarado’s Narrative, 1540
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pp. 316-321
Document 25: Letter from Viceroy Mendoza to Fernández de Oviedo, October 6, 1541
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pp. 322-329
Document 26: Vázquez de Coronado’s Letter to the King, October 20, 1541
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pp. 330-338
Document 27: Disposal of the Juan Jiménez Estate, 1542 (Copy, 1550)
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pp. 339-390
Document 28: The Relación de la Jornada de Cíbola, Pedro de Castañeda de Nájera’s Narrative, 1560s (copy, 1596)
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pp. 391-506
Document 29: The Relación del Suceso (Anonymous Narrative), 1540s
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pp. 507-520
Document 30: Juan Jaramillo’s Narrative, 1560s
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pp. 521-537
Document 31: Juan Troyano’s Proof of Service, 1560
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pp. 538-545
Document 32: Melchior Pérez’s Petition for Preferment, 1551
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pp. 546-566
Document 33: Cristóbal de Escobar’s Proof of Service, 1543
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pp. 567-593
Document 34: Vázquez de Coronado’s Petition for Recovery of Encomiendas, 1553
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pp. 594-601
Acknowledgments
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pp. 602-603
Abbreviations Used in the Appendixes, Notes, and References
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p. 604-604
Appendix 1: Biographical Data
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pp. 605-610
Appendix 2: Geographical Data
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pp. 611-617
Appendix 3: Known Members of the Coronado Expedition
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pp. 618-628
Appendix 4: Requerimiento
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pp. 629-632
Notes
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pp. 633-717
Glossary
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pp. 718-720
Bibliography
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pp. 721-736
Index
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pp. 737-759
About the Editors
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p. 760-760
Back Cover
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p. 761-761
E-ISBN-13: 9780826351357
Print-ISBN-13: 9780826351340
Page Count: 760
Publication Year: 2012
