CHAPTER 2 The Viceroy, the Carpenter, and the Pirate

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. A Note on the Translation xiii
6. Introductory Study
7. CHAPTER 1 Introduction 3
8. CHAPTER 2 The Viceroy, the Carpenter, and the Pirate 15
9. CHAPTER 3 Siamese Treasure, Mexican Merchants, and the Law 47
10. CHAPTER 4 Conclusions 86
11. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramirez A CRITICAL TRANSLATION
12. DEDICATORY EPISTLE 101
13. IMPRIMATUR 103
14. SUMA DE LICENCIAS [LICENSES] 105
15. 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 106
16. 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 111
17. CHAPTER 3 Wherein are listed the pirates’ robberies and cruelties on the high seas and on land until they reached America 115
18. CHAPTER 4 He is given his freedom by the pirates and remembers his sufferings while imprisoned 124
19. 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 131
20. 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 136
21. 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 143
22. Notes 151
23. Bibliography 203
24. Index 223