LEADER 03596nam 2200601 450 001 9910778913603321 005 20200929174730.0 010 $a0-271-07600-3 010 $a0-271-05330-5 010 $a0-271-05469-7 010 $a0-271-05649-5 010 $a0-271-05592-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271056494 035 $a(CKB)2550000000088658 035 $a(EBL)3384868 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3384868 035 $a(OCoLC)780538066 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224611 035 $a(DE-B1597)584448 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271056494 035 $a(OCoLC)1253313065 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000088658 100 $a20200929d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInvading Colombia $eSpanish accounts of the Gonzalo Jime?nez de Quesada expedition of conquest /$fJ. Michael Francis 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (150 p.) 225 1 $aLatin American originals ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-271-02936-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the other Andean conquest -- Three capitulaciones : Don Pedro Ferna?ndez de Lugo and the governorship of Santa Marta -- By land and by sea : from Santa Marta to La Tora -- Into the highlands : from La Tora to Muisca Territory -- Treasure, torture, and the Licenciado's return. 330 $aIn early April 1536, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep into the interior of what is today modern Colombia. With roughly eight hundred Spaniards and numerous native carriers and black slaves, the Jiménez expedition was larger than the combined forces under Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro. Over the course of the one-year campaign, nearly three-quarters of Jiménez?s men perished, most from illness and hunger. Yet, for the 179 survivors, the expedition proved to be one of the most profitable campaigns of the sixteenth century. Unfortunately, the history of the Spanish conquest of Colombia remains virtually unknown.Through a series of firsthand primary accounts, translated into English for the first time, Invading Colombia reconstructs the compelling tale of the Jiménez expedition, the early stages of the Spanish conquest of Muisca territory, and the foundation of the city of Santa Fé de Bogotá. We follow the expedition from the Canary Islands to Santa Marta, up the Magdalena River, and finally into Colombia?s eastern highlands. These highly engaging accounts not only challenge many current assumptions about the nature of Spanish conquests in the New World, but they also reveal a richly entertaining, yet tragic, tale that rivals the great conquest narratives of Mexico and Peru. 410 0$aLatin American originals ;$v1. 606 $aHISTORY / Modern / 16th Century$2bisacsh 607 $aColombia$xDiscovery and exploration$xSpanish 607 $aColombia$xHistory$yTo 1810$vSources 615 7$aHISTORY / Modern / 16th Century. 676 $a986.1 700 $aFrancis$b J. Michael$g(John Michael),$01189144 701 $aFrancis$b J. Michael$g(John Michael)$01189144 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778913603321 996 $aInvading Colombia$93724978 997 $aUNINA