A most splendid company : the Coronado Expedition in global perspective /

Flint, Richard, 1946-

A most splendid company : the Coronado Expedition in global perspective / Coronado Expedition in global perspective Richard Flint, Shirley Cushing Flint. - 1 online resource (xii, 450 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. Essential Background: Prior to 1530; Social Framework in Spain; Chapter 1. Asian Luxuries; Chapter 2. Sevilla, Epicenter of Transformation to Modernity; Chapter 3. Acclerating Optimism: Economic Boom and Population Surge; Chapter 4. Mobility and Conquest Frontier in Iberia; Chapter 5. The Geography of Expectations; Chapter 6. Private Initiative in Expansion of Royal Sovereignty; Chapter 7. Age of Credit; Chapter 8. Millenarianism Chapter 9. Status of Indians in the Spanish CourtChapter 10. Humanism, Renaissance, and Reformation in Spain; Chapter 11. Social and Political Diversity and Stratification; Social Framework in Nueva España; Chapter 12. Native Economies; Chapter 13. Native Travel and Communication; Chapter 14. Community Mobility; Chapter 15. Old World Emigration; Chapter 16. Essentials of Colonial Settlement; Chapter 17. Cabildo and Encomienda: Exploiting Land and People; Chapter 18. Disease; Chapter 19. Native Social and Political Organization as Seen by Europeans Chapter 20. Old World Natives as Seen by IndiosChapter 21. Conquest and Resistance; Chapter 22. Native Planning; Chapter 23. Range of Expeditionary Practice; Chapter 24. Indian Allies and Suppression of Warfare within Spanish Dominion; Part 2. Before the Expedition: 1530-1539; Chapter 25. Rumors and Reports; Chapter 26. Five Protagonists; Chapter 27. Nueva Galicia and California; Chapter 28. Resolution of Rival Claims; Assessment and Planning: Mendoza and Associates; Chapter 29. The Mendoza Expedition; Chapter 30. Reconnaissance by Fray Marcos and Vázquez de Coronado Chapter 31. Verification of Fray Marcos's ReportChapter 32. Planning and Preliminaries; Chapter 33. Mendoza's Three-Phase Approach to Asia; Chapter 34. Sensation in Mexico City; The People; Chapter 35. Diversity and Similarity; Chapter 36. Social and Political Status; Chapter 37. Motives; Chapter 38. Age; Chapter 39. Occupations; Chapter 40. Sense of Place; Chapter 41. Connections between Expeditionarie; Chapter 42. Experience that Mattered; Chapter 43. Indian Allies: Who They Are; Chapter 44. Servants and Slaves from Sevilla to Mexico City and Puebla; Assembling the People Chapter 45. Assembling the PeopleChapter 46. Place of Immediate Origin; Financing; Chapter 47. Financial Participation; Provisioning; Chapter 48. Food; Chapter 49. Clothing; Chapter 50. Medicine; Chapter 51. Tools and Materials; Chapter 52. Arms and Armor; Chapter 53. Livestock; Part 3. During the Expedition: 1539-1542; 1539-1542; Chapter 54. Abstract of the Events of the Expedition to Tierra Nueva; Chapter 55. Native Planning in Tierra Nueva; Organization of the Expedition; Chapter 56. Leadership; Chapter 57. Companies; Chapter 58. Specialists; Chapter 59. Servants and Slaves in Tierra Nueva

"This magisterial volume unveils Richard and Shirley Flint's deep research into the Latin American and Spanish archives in an effort to track down the history of the participants who came north with the Coronado Expedition in 1540. Through their investigation into thousands of baptismal records, death certificates, letters, journals, and other primary materials, they provide social and cultural documentation on the backgrounds of hundreds of individuals who made up the Coronado expedition. The resulting data reveal patterns that shed decisive new light on the core reasons behind the Coronado expedition to Tierra Nueva, revealing, most importantly, that the expedition to Tierra Nueva was part of a complex plan to finally complete the Columbian project--that is, to locate a direct, westward route from Spain to the Asian sources of silks, porcelains, spices, and dyes. Along the way, the Flints show us, in far greater detail than ever before, the individuals who made up the expedition--members of the upper echelons of Spanish society to thousands of Nahuatl-speaking Natives of Nueva España and largely anonymous slaves, servants, and women who made the enterprise possible and kept it running, with a course set for Asia by land."--Provided by publisher.

9780826360236 (electronic book) 0826360238 (electronic book) (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

2018033913


Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554.
Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554.


1500-1599


Explorers--History--Southwest, New--16th century.
Explorers--History--Spain--16th century.
Spaniards--History--Southwest, New--16th century.
Explorateurs--Histoire--États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)--16e siècle.
Explorateurs--Histoire--Espagne--16e siècle.
Espagnols--Histoire--États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)--16e siècle.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
Discoveries in geography--Spanish.
Explorers.
Spaniards.


Southwest, New--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
New Southwest.
Spain.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

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