The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez : : The True Adventures of a Spanish American with 17th-Century Pirates / / Fabio López Lázaro.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: López Lázaro, Fabio,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

In 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 circumnavigati...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• A Note on the Translation
• Introductory Study
• CHAPTER 1 Introduction
• CHAPTER 2 The Viceroy, the Carpenter, and the Pirate
• CHAPTER 3 Siamese Treasure, Mexican Merchants, and the Law
• CHAPTER 4 Conclusions
• The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramirez A CRITICAL TRANSLATION
• DEDICATORY EPISTLE
• IMPRIMATUR
• SUMA DE LICENCIAS [LICENSES]
• CHAPTER 1 Motives which induced Alonso Ramirez to leave his native land.12 Occupation and voyages in New Spain. His stay in Mexico until his travels from there to the Philippine Islands
• CHAPTER 2 He leaves Acapulco for the Philippines; the route normally taken is laid out and a description is given of what he did with his time until his capture by the English
• CHAPTER 3 Wherein are listed the pirates’ robberies and cruelties on the high seas and on land until they reached America
• CHAPTER 4 He is given his freedom by the pirates and remembers his sufferings while imprisoned
• CHAPTER 5 Alonso Ramirez and his companions sail with no clear knowledge of their initial location or of their ultimate destination; their struggles152 and anxieties until the moment their boat ran aground are described
• CHAPTER 6 The trials of thirst, hunger, illness, and death that hounded them on this coast; unexpectedly they come upon Catholic people and come to realize that they are on mainland Yucatan in North America
• CHAPTER 7 They travel to Tejosuco and from there to Valladolid, where they experience trouble; they reach Merida, but Alonso Ramirez returns to Valladolid, where the troubles increase; the reason he came to Mexico and what resulted from his trip there
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index