{"product_id":"violent-first-contact-in-venezuela-9780271091792","title":"Violent First Contact in Venezuela","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first English translation of \u003ci\u003eJndianische Historia\u003c\/i\u003e, an account by the German mercenary Nikolaus Federmann of the incursion he led to the interior of Venezuela in 1530–31. Includes a critical introduction that contextualizes Federmann’s firsthand account within the broader Spanish colonial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . .[A] much-needed addition to the English-language scholarship on colonial Venezuela during the first half of the sixteenth century.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Vikram Tamboli \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An unvarnished description of the brutal mechanics and motivations of the Welser Company’s short-lived colonial project in the Americas. Early sixteenth-century narratives of European exploration in the Americas often mix conquistador ambition and expeditionary ethnography. In contrast, Nikolaus Federmann’s account of his military band’s methodical shakedowns of successive Indigenous groups for provisions and forced labor makes explicit the violent dynamics of early racial capitalism.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Carina L. Johnson,author of \u003ci\u003eCultural Hierarchy in Sixteenth-Century Europe: The Ottomans and Mexicans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the noble and mighty Johann Wilhelm von Laubenberg \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. About the departure of Nikolaus Federmann the Younger from Spain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. How Nikolaus Federmann acted after his arrival in Coro \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The beginning of Nikolaus Federmann’s journey from Coro inland \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Nation of the Jirajaras \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. The Nation of the Ayamanes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. The Nation of the Gayones \u2028Chapter 7. The Nation of the Achagua \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. The Nation of the Caquetíos \u2028Chapter 9. The Nation of the Cuibas \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. The Nation of the Coyones \u2028Chapter 11. The Nation of the Guaiqueríes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12. The Nation of the Caquetíos \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13. The Nation of the Ciparicotos \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Return from the back country to Coro \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15. Return to Spain from Coro \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16. Return to Augsburg from Spain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400816042327,"sku":"9780271091792","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/violent-first-contact-in-venezuela-9780271091792","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}