'Strange Lands and Different Peoples': Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Guatemala

摘要

The University of Oklahoma Press has since 1932 produced a distinguished monograph series that focuses on the indigenous populations of the Americas. This is the 271 st volume in The Civilization of the American Indian collection, and it is a good one. In 1524, on the eve of sending his lieutenant Pedro Alvarado in conquest to Guatemala, Hernan Cortes wrote to King Carlos V of Spain that he expected the discovery of 'many rich and strange lands and many different peoples.' Hence, the title of this book. The story told here is what happened in Guatemala over the century that followed Alvarado's abusive entry.