Historia de las Indias (1552)

• Autore principale: López de Gómara, Francisco (auth)
• Altri autori: Mustapha, Monique (Redattore), Bénat-Tachot, Louise (Redattore), Bénassy-Berling, Marie-Cécile (Redattore), Roche, Paul (Redattore)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: spagnolo
• Pubblicazione: Madrid Casa de Velázquez 2021
• Serie: Sources de la Casa de Velázquez
• Soggetti: History of the Americas; historiography; Chronicle of the Indies; sixteenth century; history of ideas; Spain
• Accesso online: 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...