Latin of New Spain

Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations
How to Use This Book
Acknowledgments

Introduction
Abbreviations

Section I: Before the Europeans
1. The Nature of the Lands
-Biography of José de Acosta, SJ
-De natura novi orbis
2. The Origins of the People
-De natura novi orbis
3. Quetzalcoatl, King and God
-Biography of Francisco José Cabrera
-Monumenta Mexicana
4. The City in the Lake
-Monumenta Mexicana
-Biography of Rafael Landívar, SJ
-Rusticatio Mexicana

Section II: The Coming o f the Hispanics
1. Columbus’s Observations
-Biography of Christopher Columbus
-Epistola de Insulis Nuper Repertis (1493)
2. Tenochtitlán
-Biography of Hernán (Ferdinand) Cortés
-Praeclara Ferdinandi Cortesii de nova maris oceani
-Hyspania narratio
3. Mexico City Arises
-Biography of Francisco Cervantes de Salazar
-Francisci Cervantis Salazari Toletani, ad Ludovici Vivis Valentini exercitationem, aliquot Dialogi


Epilogue
Appendix 1: Background Notes on Significant Persons, Places, and Terms
Appendix 2: Historical Timeline
Appendix 3: Common Figures of Speech
Appendix 4: Rhythm and Meter in Poetry
Appendix 5: Master List of Neologisms
Latin-to-English Glossary
Bibliography