The contents to this website groups work in loose historical periods. This index, across periods and genres, invites exploration across genres and/or chronological divides. The GENRE of each work is indicated by capital letters, topics/themes in lower case. For topical subjects (“alligators,” “Pensacola,” etc.), use the search function on the top right of the home page. This tool is meant to invite comparison across different categories and compartments, helping us to see an otherwise scattered literature in news ways. Enjoy!
CAPTIVITY, NARRATIVES OF: Barber, Cabeza de Vaca, Dickinson, El Inca Garcilaso, Escalante Fontaneda, Godfrey, Ore, Smith
Catholicism (see religion)
CHRONICLES/RELATIONS: Cabeza de Vaca, Le Challeux, Fidalgo de Elvas, Garcilaso de la Vega, Kimber, Ranjel, Hernández de Biedma, Las Casas; see Explorers-Invaders
circulation, textual (see translation/transmission): Godfrey, Herrera y Tordesillas, Martyr d’Anghiera, Ore, Paiva
conversion, religious: Ore, Escobedo, Paiva, Pareja; see also Native Americans
De Soto, Hernando: see Chronicles-Relations; see also Explorers-Invaders page
environment, portrayals of: Bartram (John), Bartram (William), de Brahm, Flores, “Have You Not Heard of Florida?,” Herrera y Tordesillas, Hutchins, Jarvis, Kimber, Ribault, Romans, Stork; see also alligators, exoticism, NATURAL HISTORY, storms
exchange, cultural: Cabeza de Vaca, Escalante Fontaneda, Escobedo, El Inca Garcilaso, Laudonniere, Le Moyne, Paiva, Ore, Pareja, Escobedo, Dickinson, Hinachuba, Bartram (William)
exchange, linguistic: Cabeza de Vaca, Dickinson, Pareja
exoticism: Castellanos, Chateaubriand, “Have you not heard of Florida?,” Martyr d’Anghiera; Thevet; see also “fountain of youth”
FICTION: Chateaubriand, Howison
fountain of youth: Castellanos, Flores, Escalante Fontaneda, Herrera y Tordesillas, Martyr d’Anghiera, Simms
GEOGRAPHY: de Brahm, Hutchins, Romans, Stork
HISTORY: Herrera y Tordesillas, El Inca Garcilaso, Ranjel
MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY: Allen, Hammon, Jarvis, Laudonniere, Le Moyne, Le Challeux, Pilot, see also, CAPTIVITIES, CHRONICLES-RELATIONS
native americans, portrayals of: Barber, Bartram (William), Castellanos, Chateaubriand, Dickinson, Escobedo, El Inca Garcilaso, Godfrey, Jarvis, Las Casas, Le Moyne, “Seminole War Poetry,” Smith; see also, native americans, religion of; Explorers-Invaders, Encounters
native americans, religion of: Cabeza de Vaca, Escobedo, Le Moyne, Ore, Paiva, Pareja
NATURAL HISTORY: Bartram (John), Bartram (William), Hutchins, Romans, Stork
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY/COSMOGRAPHY: Martyr d’Anghiera; Thevet
Paradise: “Have You Not Heard of Florida?,” Ribault; see, exoticism
PETITIONS: Cabeza de Vaca (Joint Report), Hinachuba, “Request to the King”
POETRY, BROADSIDE: Sheelah; HISTORICAL, Castellanos, Galvez, Le Challeux, Lescarbot, Seall, Simms, Flores; IDYLLIC; “Have You Not Heard of Florida?,” Baxter; RELIGIOUS: Escobedo
religion, as source of conflict: Cabeza de Vaca, Ore
religion, conversion: Paiva, Pareja; see also, native americans)
religion, and reform: Hinachuba, Las Casas; Slave Songs of the United States
shipwrecks: Allen, Cabeza de Vaca, Dickinson, Laudonniere, “Sheelah,” Escalante Fontaneda
slavery (African): Bartram, Dickinson, Godfrey, Hammon, Howison, Menendez; Slave Songs of the United States
storms: Allen, Cabeza de Vaca, Laudonniere, Ribault, “Sheelah”
suffering (privation): Allen, Barber, Cabeza de Vaca, Castellanos, Le Challeux, Dickinson, Escalante Fontaneda, Hammon, Hinachuba, Kimber, Ore, “Request to the King,” Smith
translation: Cabeza de Vaca, El Inca Garcilaso, Hinachuba, Ore, Paiva, Pareja
TRAVEL: Bartram (John), Bartram (William), Dickinson, Le Challeux, Hawkins, Kimber, Ribault, “Sheelah,” Thevet; see also, Explorers-Invaders