El Dorado in the marshes : gold, slaves and souls between the Andes and the Amazon /
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| Author / Creator: | Livi Bacci, Massimo. |
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| Uniform title: | Eldorado nel pantano. English |
| Edition: | English ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010. |
| Description: | ix, 196 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7920466 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- I. A gold nugget as large as a suckling pig; the treasure of Atahuallpa enriches 74 horsemen, 138 foot soldiers, and the king of Spain; El Dorado, a vain cacique covered in gold dust washes off in the lagoon; stories of Amazons and a Greek artilleryman
- II. At the foot of the Andes, under water for five months of the year
- The inhabitants of the great swamp: mild, ingenious, adaptable
- Three men in a boat take a census
- Vast quantities of land and water, but no gold, silver, or precious stones
- III. The myth of Paititi, Father-Tiger, and the mysterious Incan migrations over the Andes
- A rich and noble mestizo with fourteen men seeks to conquer half of America
- El Dorado bogs down in the swamps of the Mojos
- The citizens of Santa Cruz - eleven disorderly streets - look for slaves
- IV. The round up of Indian slaves comes to an end while the contest for their souls begins
- A chaplain-physician and a polyglot missionary
- Hatchets, wedges, and knives in exchange for obedience
- Three-naved cathedrals of mud and wood
- V. The good fathers confront the loose habits of the Mojos
- A straw mattress, two geese, and two spindles make up the bride's dowry
- The Indios and disease: stoic or healthy? Portuguese and Spaniards at war on the edge of the swamp
- The sad expulsion of the fathers in 1768: twenty-four leave but only fourteen arrive
- Epilogue
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Appendix
- Index
