Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America : A New History for a New World

APPENDIX A. Chronology of Fernández de Oviedo’s Life and Works

APPENDIX A Chronology of Fernández de Oviedo’s Life and Works 1478 Born in Madrid ca. 1490 Mozo, or page, in the household of the duke of Villahermosa 1493 Mozo for Prince Don Juan 1497 Prince Don Juan dies ca. 1499 Italian sojourn begins ca. 1502 Returns to Madrid Marries Margarita de Vergara ca. 1503 In the service of the duke of Calabria, Ferdinand of Aragón ca. 1505 Begins chronicling the Castilian monarchy 1505 Margarita dies 1509 Son Francisco González de Valdés born 150? Marries Isabel de Aguilar 1512 Aborts expedition to Naples with the “Gran Capitán” 1513 Receives a variety of royal administrative posts in the Indies, including notary and overseer of the gold foundries (veedor) 1514 Sails for Central America (Darién, present-day Panama) with Pedrarias Dávila 1515 Returns to Spain 1516 Audiences with King Ferdinand and, later, Charles V 1519 Audience with Charles V; granted a governorship, which he declines Public encounter with Bartolomé de Las Casas Publishes chivalric novel, Don Claribalte 1520 Returns to Darién with his wife, Isabel, and their two children; all three die within two years 1522 Appointed lieutenant governor for Darién by Pedrarias Dávila, who moved the governing seat of Castilla del Oro to Panama; Oviedo steps down from the position within the year Attempt on his life 1523 Returns to Spain, marries Catalina de Ribafrecha en route in Santo Domingo First granted the governorship of Cartagena fernández de oviedo’s chronicle of america 140 1524 Audience with Charles V and further charges made against Pedrarias Dávila 1525 Secures the removal of Pedrarias Dávila as governor of Castilla del Oro Under a more favorable contract, granted the governorship of Cartagena 1526 Publishes his first text about the Indies, the Sumario, in Toledo Obtains license to publish a translation of Boccaccio’s Il corvaccio, which was never published Sails for Cartagena to take up the governorship but resigns before beginning ca.1527–1529 Lives in León, Nicaragua, and works with its new governor, Pedrarias Dávila ca. 1528 Writes the still-unpublished Libro primero del Blasón, a treatise on heraldry 1529 Returns to Panama 1530 Returns to Spain as an agent (procurador) to petition the court on behalf of the cities of Panama and Santo Domingo 1532 Named royal chronicler of the Indies, and later commander (alcaide) of the fort in Santo Domingo Completes the first volume of the genealogy of the royal family, the Catálogo Real Around this time, writes the Relación . . . del rey Francisco de Francia, an account of the king’s Spanish captivity in 1525 Returns to the Indies and establishes his household in Santo Domingo 1534 Sails for Spain Initiates petitions Turns his manuscript history over to the Council of the Indies 1535 Publishes at his own expense the first part of the Historia general y natural de las Indias in Seville Presents the Epílogo Real, imperial y pontifical to Charles V Writes the first draft of a manual about the organization of Prince Don Juan’s household, Libro de la cámara, for Prince Philip II Completes the second and third parts of the Catálogo Real 1536 Returns to Santo Domingo Repairs the fortress and continues work on the Historia Son, Francisco, dies in Peru while performing his duties as veedor 1542 Trip to Spain to publish the rest of the Historia planned but canceled because of war with French in the Caribbean 1546 Sails for Spain 1547 Second edition of part I of the Historia published in Salamanca Final draft of the Libro de la cámara complete Work possibly begun on the Batallas y quinquagenas, a series of biographical -heraldic dialogues about noble Spanish gentlemen at the turn of the sixteenth century chronology of oviedo’s life and works 141 1548 Translation of a popular Italian spiritual guide, Reglas de la vida, published in Seville 1549 Final version of the Historia deposited in a monastery in Seville after its publication had been blocked Returns to Santo Domingo for the final time 1550 Last additions made to his still-incomplete Batallas y quinquagenas 1551 Marriage of his daughter, Juana 1555 The presentation of the still partially unpublished Quinquagenas, a threevolume work in prose and poetry with illustrations about Spanish nobility, to Prince Philip 1557 Third edition of part I of the Historia (this time including the...