De Las Casas, Bartolome; Knight, Franklin W.

Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies : With Related Texts

Acknowledgments vii The Indies in Las Casas' Time viii Introduction xi Spain in the Age of Bartolomé de las Casas xxxiv The Americas in the Age of Las Casas xlii Las Casas and the Utopian View of the Americas xlvi A Note on the Text and the Translation li Some Earlier English Translations of Bartolomé de las Casas' Brevisima relación de la destruición de las Indias lvii An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies 1(88) Argument of the Present Epitome 1(1) Presentation 2(2) [An Introduction to the Relation] 4(4) On the Island Hispaniola 8(4) On the Kingdoms That Once Were to Be Found upon the Island of Hispaniola 12(5) On the Two Islands of San Juan and Jamaica 17(1) On the Island of Cuba 18(3) On Terra Firma 21(4) On the Province of Nicaragua 25(3) On New Spain, I 28(2) On New Spain, II 30(8) On the Province and Kingdom of Guatimala 38(5) Of New Spain and Pánuco and Jalisco 43(4) On the Kingdom of Yucalán 47(7) On the Province of Sang Marta 54(3) On the Province of Cartagena 57(1) On the Coast of Pearls and on Paria and the Island of Trinidad 57(7) Of the River Yuyapari 64(1) On the Kingdom of Venezuela 64(5) On the Province of Terra Firma in the Part Called Florida 69(2) On the Rio de la Plata, or the River of Plate 71(1) On the Great Kingdoms and Great Provinces of Perú 72(6) On the New Kingdom of Granada 78(8) Testament 86(3) The Laws of Burgos (1512-1513) 89(4) New Laws of the Indies 93(10) A Treatise on the Just Causes for War against the Indians 103(4) The True History of the Conquest of Mexico, by Captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo 107(4) From Hernán Cortés, Cartas de relación 111(10) Table of Weights and Measures Used in the Text 121(2) Glossary of Political and Military Terms Used in the Text 123(4) Index 127