Paul E. Hoffman (1) (1943–)
Autor(a) de Florida's Frontiers
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About the Author
Paul E. Hoffman is Paul W. and Nancy W. Murrill Distinguished Professor, Department of History, Louisiana State University.
Obras de Paul E. Hoffman
A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient: The American Southeast During the Sixteenth Century (1990) 21 cópias
The Spanish crown and the defense of the Caribbean, 1535-1585 : precedent, patrimonialism, and royal parsimony (1980) 4 cópias
The Louisiana Purchase and its peoples : perspectives from the New Orleans conference (2004) 4 cópias
"New Light on Vicente Gonzalez’s 1588 Voyage in Search of Raleigh’s English Colonies." North Carolina Historical… 1 exemplar(es)
"The Narrow Waters Strategies of Pedro Menendez," 1 exemplar(es)
"Accounts of the Real Hacienda, Florida, 1565 to 1602," 1 exemplar(es)
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- Obras
- 11
- Membros
- 74
- Popularidade
- #238,154
- Avaliação
- 3.0
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 45
- Idiomas
- 5
Francisco "el Chicorano" spent many evenings beguiling his master with tales of the wonders of his native land. My thought is that Francisco was clever enough, and fluent enough in Spanish, to have learned of the urge Spanish males had for exploration and adventure. He probably overheard discussions Allyón had with his friends Peter Martyr, an Italian living in Seville, who was a member of the Council of the Indies (Consejo de Indias), and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, historian of the era. Francisco told Allyón fabulous tales. Oviedo warned Allyón not to believe the Indian's stories. Allyón apparently did, for he mounted his own expedition in 1526, and took Francisco with him. When the ships made landfall on the Carolina coast, close to the place where Francisco had been captured, "el Chicorano" took to his heels and vanished into the woods, never to be seen by Europeans again. His spinning of yarns to his master, creating the so-called "legend of 'Chicora'", was nothing more than a scheme by a clever man to get himself back home. It worked.… (mais)