An edition of A hero for the Americas
(2017)
A hero for the Americas
the legend of Gonzalo Guerrero
by Calder, Robert
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The biography of Spaniard Gonzalo Guerrero, who became one of the great leaders of the Mayan race.
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Table of Contents
"No white man ever enters it" : the Yucatán Peninsula
"To serve God and . . . to get rich" : the lure of the New World
"It seemed the end of the world" : Balboa, Pizarro, and the perils of Darién
"It will never do to leave him here" : shipwreck, enslavement, and Hernán Cortés
"What would the Spanish say should they see me in this guise?" : Gonzalo among the Maya
"Language is the perfect instrument of empire" : Aguilar and the conquest of the Aztecs
"Gonzalo, my brother and special friend" : Guerrero the warrior and the battle for Yucatán
"The power of narrative is absolute" : Guerrero in the contemporary Mexican consciousness.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.
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