An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America: The Travels of Elias al-Mûsili in the Seventeenth Century

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Contents Preface ix Translator’s Introduction xv Journey of the First EasternTraveler toAmerica Introduction 1 Book of Travel 1. From Baghdad to Venice 5 2. Tour of France 8 3. Spain and Italy 11 4. Preparing for the Journey to America 14 5. The Journey to South America 16 6. Arriving in America 17 7. Proceeding along the Coast of Venezuela 18 8. Description of Cartagena 19 9. The Journey to Panama 21 10. The Journey to Panama City 23 11. From Panama to Guayaquil in the Land of Peru 25 12. Describing the Alligator Called“Caïman” 27 13. From Guayaquil to Quito 28 14. Quito and Its Environs 30 15. From Quito to Cuenca:Describing the Bullfight 33 16. Mines of Gold 34 17. Journeys and Dangers 35 18. The Cave of Gold in Piura 36 19. From Piura to Trujillo 37 20. The Journey to Lima 39 21. Residing in Lima 40 22. Description of Lima 41 23. The Journey to Huancavelica 43 24. Mercury Mines 44 25. Petrified Water—Describing the Cactus 45 26. Arriving in Aguamanga 46 27. The Journey to Cuzco 47 28. Traveling to Abancay 49 29. Describing Abancay 50 30. The Indians of Paucartambo 51 31. Mines of Silver 52 32. Cruel Death of a Wealthy Man 52 33. Minting Silver 55 34. Ancient Inhabitants of the Land 55 35. Freeing Some Prisoners—A Marble Quarry 56 36. Wealth Illegally Gathered 57 37. Travel to Oruro and Potosi 58 38. A Visit to the Mint and Silver Mine 59 39. Describing the Extraction of Silver 60 40. Journeying to Chuquisaca 61 41. Describing Tucuman and Buenos Aires 63 42. The Deposed Viceroy 65 43. A Traveler Befriending the Wronged 68 44. The Return to Panama from Peru 69 45. The Journey from Panama. Solomon’s Island 71 46. The Land of Nicaragua 73 47. The Land of San Salvador, Describing the Plant of the Nile 74 48. The Land of Guatemala 75  Contents 49. The Land of Chiapa, a Messenger of Peace 77 50. The Journey to Mexico 78 51. Describing Mexico 80 52. The Wondrous Church of the Virgin 81 53. Heretics Attack the Port of Vera Cruz 83 54. From Mexico to Baghdad via China 85 55. Tales of China and the Philippines 87 56. The Mariannes Islands 88 57. The Return to Europe 89 58. From Spain to Rome 91 AppendixA:Pedro the Candian (Cretan): One of the Conquerors of Peru 92 Appendix B:Christian Relics in Central and SouthAmerica 94 Glossary 107 Index 109 Contents  ...