LEADER 04258nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910781504203321 005 20210426234211.0 010 $a0-292-72997-9 024 7 $a10.7560/726314 035 $a(CKB)2550000000041739 035 $a(OCoLC)747413931 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10485550 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524217 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11359026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524217 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10545794 035 $a(PQKB)10026573 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443543 035 $a(OCoLC)741749426 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse20032 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10485550 035 $a(DE-B1597)588452 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292729971 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000041739 100 $a20110208d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe misfortunes of Alonso Rami?rez$b[electronic resource] $ethe true adventures of a Spanish American with seventeenth-century pirates /$fby Fabio Lo?pez La?zaro 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-72631-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroductory study -- The viceroy, the carpenter, and the pirate -- Siamese treasure, Mexican merchants, and the law -- Conclusions -- The misfortunes of Alonso Rami?rez : a critical translation. 330 $aIn 1690, a dramatic account of piracy was published in Mexico City. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez described the incredible adventures of a poor Spanish American carpenter who was taken captive by British pirates near the Philippines and forced to work for them for two years. After circumnavigating the world, he was freed and managed to return to Mexico, where the Spanish viceroy commissioned the well-known Mexican scholar Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora to write down Ramírez's account as part of an imperial propaganda campaign against pirates. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez has long been regarded as a work of fiction?in fact, as Latin America's first novel?but Fabio López Lázaro makes a convincing case that the book is a historical account of real events, albeit full of distortions and lies. Using contemporary published accounts, as well as newly discovered documents from Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, and Dutch archives, he proves that Ramírez voyaged with one of the most famous pirates of all time, William Dampier. López Lázaro's critical translation of The Misfortunes provides the only extensive Spanish eyewitness account of pirates during the period in world history (1650?1750) when they became key agents of the European powers jockeying for international political and economic dominance. An extensive introduction places The Misfortunes within the worldwide struggle that Spain, England, and Holland waged against the ambitious Louis XIV of France, which some historians consider to be the first world war. 410 0$aJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. 606 $aPirates$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aPuerto Ricans$vBiography 606 $aCaptivity narratives$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aVoyages and travels$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aSeafaring life$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aSpain$xForeign relations$y1516-1700 607 $aLatin America$xHistory$yTo 1830 615 0$aPirates$xHistory 615 0$aPuerto Ricans 615 0$aCaptivity narratives$xHistory 615 0$aVoyages and travels$xHistory 615 0$aSeafaring life$xHistory 676 $a910.4/5 700 $aLo?pez-La?zaro$b Fabio T$01572398 701 2$aSigu?enza y Go?ngora$b Carlos de$f1645-1700.$0387985 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781504203321 996 $aThe misfortunes of Alonso Rami?rez$93847313 997 $aUNINA