Documents of the Coronado Expedition, 1539–1542: "They Were Not Familiar with His Majesty, nor Did They Wish to Be His Subjects"

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Documents of the Coronado Expedition, 1539–1542 sd u n i v e r s i t y o f n e w m e x i c o p r e s s a l b u q u e r q u e Documents of the Coronado Expedition, 1539–1542 edited, translated, and annotated by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint “They Were Not Familiar with His Majesty, nor Did They Wish to Be His Subjects” sd © 2005 by richard flint and shirley cushing flint All rights reserved. university of new mexico press paperback edition published by arrangement with the authors, 2012 printed in the united states of America 17 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 Library of congress cataloging-in-publication Data Documents of the coronado expedition, 1539–1542 : “they were not familiar with His majesty, nor did they wish to be his subjects” / edited, translated, and annotated by richard flint and shirley cushing flint. p. cm. originally published: Dallas : southern methodist university press, 2005. includes bibliographical references and index. english translations and annotations, with complete transcriptions of the spanish, italian, and nahuatl originals. isBn 978-0-8263-5134-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) — isBn 978-0-8263-5135-7 (electronic) 1. coronado, francisco vásquez de, 1510–1554. 2. southwest, new—Discovery and exploration—spanish—sources. 3. southwest, new—History—to 1848—sources. i. flint, richard, 1946– ii . flint, shirley cushing. e125.v3D66 2012 979´.01—dc23 2011036686 Jacket art: Reading of the requerimiento at Tiguex by Douglas Johnson text design by tom Dawson A los escribanos, tanto conocidos como desconocidos, que redactaron estos documents y otros innumerables, gracias, mil gracias. Sin ellos no habría casi ninguna historia de la conquista de las Américas ni otros muchos asuntos. sd A thousand thanks to the escribanos, both known and unknown, who drafted these documents and countless others. without them, there would be nearly no history of the conquest of the Americas or many other subjects. ...