Historia de las Indias (1552)

• Main Author: López de Gómara, Francisco (auth)
• Other Authors: Mustapha, Monique (Editor), Bénat-Tachot, Louise (Editor), Bénassy-Berling, Marie-Cécile (Editor), Roche, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Madrid Casa de Velázquez 2021
• Series: Sources de la Casa de Velázquez
• Subjects: History of the Americas; historiography; Chronicle of the Indies; sixteenth century; history of ideas; Spain
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

F. López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias is the only chronicle of the Indies in the sixteenth century to offer a complete overview of the process of discovery and conquest, even though the author had never been to the Indies. The intelligence and elegance of Gómara's style explain th...