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The Oviedo Project at Vassar

The Natural and General History of the Indies, Islands, and Mainland of the Ocean Sea: An English Translation

  • About the Project
  • Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo
  • The Editorial Team
  • Our Translation Team
    • Last Names A-M
    • Last Names N-Z
  • Manuscript
  • Volume I: Books I to V
    • Letter of Dedication
    • Book I
      • Preface to the First Volume
    • Book II
      • Book II: Preface
      • Book II: Chapter 1
      • Book II: Chapter 2
      • Book II: Chapter 3
      • Book II: Chapter 4
      • Book II: Chapter 5
      • Book II: Chapter 6
      • Book II: Chapter 7
      • Book II: Chapter 8
      • Book II: Chapter 9
      • Book II: Chapter 10
      • Book II: Chapter 11
      • Book II: Chapter 12
      • Book II: Chapter 13
      • Book II: Chapter 14
    • Book III
      • Book III: Preface
      • Book III: Chapter 1
      • Book III: Chapter 2
      • Book III: Chapter 3
      • Book III: Chapter 6
      • Book III: Chapter 9
      • Book III: Chapter 11
    • Book IV
      • Book IV: Chapter 4
    • Book V
      • Book V: Chapter 1
      • Book V: Chapter 2
      • Book V: Chapter 3
  • Volume I: Books VI to X
    • Book VI
      • Book VI: Preface
      • Book VI: Chapter 1
      • Book VI: Chapter 2
      • Book VI: Chapter 3
      • Book VI: Chapter 4
      • Book VI: Chapter 5
      • Book VI: Chapter 6
      • Book VI: Chapter 7
      • Book VI: Chapter 9
      • Book VI: Chapter 11
      • Book VI: Chapter 13
      • Book VI: Chapter 14
      • Book VI: Chapter 15
      • Book VI: Chapter 23
      • Book VI: Chapter 24
      • Book VI: Chapter 25
      • Book VI: Chapter 26
      • Book VI: Chapter 27
      • Book VI: Chapter 28
      • Book VI: Chapter 29
      • Book VI: Chapter 30
      • Book VI: Chapter 31
      • Book VI: Chapter 32
      • Book VI: Chapter 33
      • Book VI: Chapter 36
      • Book VI: Chapter 37
      • Book VI: Chapter 38
      • Book VI: Chapter 39
      • Book VI: Chapter 40
      • Book VI: Chapter 41
      • Book VI: Chapter 43
      • Book VI: Chapter 44
      • Book VI: Chapter 45
      • Book VI: Chapter 46
      • Book VI: Chapter 47
      • Book VI: Chapter 48
      • Book VI: Chapter 49
      • Book VI: Chapter 50
      • Book VI: Chapter 51
      • Book VI: Chapter 52
      • Book VI: Chapter 53
    • Book VII
      • Book VII: Preface
      • Book VII: Chapter 1
      • Book VII: Chapter 2
      • Book VII: Chapter 3
      • Book VII: Chapter 4
      • Book VII: Chapter 5
      • Book VII: Chapter 6
      • Book VII: Chapter 7
      • Book VII: Chapter 8
    • Book VIII
      • Book VIII: Chapter 8
      • Book VIII: Chapter 11
      • Book VIII: Chapter 13
      • Book VIII: Chapter 16
      • Book VIII: Chapter 17
      • Book VIII: Chapter 26
      • Book VIII: Chapter 33
      • Book VIII: Chapter 35
    • Book IX
      • Book IX: Chapter 3
      • Book IX: Chapter 6
      • Book IX: Chapter 11
      • Book IX: Chapter 12
      • Book IX: Chapter 15
      • Book IX: Chapter 21
      • Book IX: Chapter 23
      • Book IX: Chapter 26
      • Book IX: Chapter 27
      • Book IX: Chapter 28
      • Book IX: Chapter 29
      • Book IX: Chapter 30
      • Book IX: Chapter 31
      • Book IX: Chapter 32
      • Book IX: Chapter 33
      • Book IX: Chapter 34
    • Book X
      • Book X: Preface
      • Book X: Chapter 1
      • Book X: Chapter 2
      • Book X: Chapter 3
      • Book X: Chapter 4
      • Book X: Chapter 5
      • Book X: Chapter 6
      • Book X: Chapter 7
      • Book X: Chapter 8
  • Volume I: Books XI to XV
    • Book XI
      • Book XI: Preface
      • Book XI: Chapter 1
      • Book XI: Chapter 2
      • Book XI: Chapter 3
      • Book XI: Chapter 4
      • Book XI: Chapter 5
      • Book XI: Chapter 6
      • Book XI: Chapter 7
      • Book XI: Chapter 8
      • Book XI: Chapter 9
      • Book XI: Chapter 10
      • Book XI: Chapter 11
      • Book XI: Chapter 12
    • Book XII
      • Book XII: Preface
      • Book XII: Chapter 1
      • Book XII: Chapter 2
      • Book XII: Chapter 3
      • Book XII: Chapter 4
      • Book XII: Chapter 5
      • Book XII: Chapter 6
      • Book XII: Chapter 7
      • Book XII: Chapter 8
      • Book XII: Chapter 9
      • Book XII: Chapter 10
      • Book XII: Chapter 11
      • Book XII: Chapter 12
      • Book XII: Chapter 13
      • Book XII: Chapter 14
      • Book XII: Chapter 15
      • Book XII: Chapter 16
      • Book XII: Chapter 17
      • Book XII: Chapter 18
      • Book XII: Chapter 19
      • Book XII: Chapter 20
      • Book XII: Chapter 21
      • Book XII: Chapter 22
      • Book XII: Chapter 23
      • Book XII: Chapter 24
      • Book XII: Chapter 25
      • Book XII: Chapter 26
      • Book XII: Chapter 27
      • Book XII: Chapter 28
      • Book XII: Chapter 29
      • Book XII: Chapter 30
      • Book XII: Chapter 31
      • Book XII: Chapter 32
      • Book XII: Chapter 33
      • Book XII: Chapter 34
      • Book XII: Chapter 35
      • Book XII: Chapter 36
      • Book XII: Chapter 37
      • Book XII: Chapter 38
      • Book XII: Chapter 39
      • Book XII: Chapter 40
    • Book XIII
      • Book XIII: Preface
      • Book XIII: Chapter 1
      • Book XIII: Chapter 2
      • Book XIII: Chapter 3
      • Book XIII: Chapter 4
      • Book XIII: Chapter 5
      • Book XIII: Chapter 6
      • Book XIII: Chapter 7
      • Book XIII: Chapter 8
      • Book XIII: Chapter 9
      • Book XIII: Chapter 10
    • Book XIV
      • Book XIV: Preface
      • Book XIV: Chapter 1
      • Book XIV: Chapter 2
      • Book XIV: Chapter 3
      • Book XIV: Chapter 4
      • Book XIV: Chapter 5
      • Book XIV: Chapter 6
      • Book XIV: Chapter 7
      • Book XIV: Chapter 8
      • Book XIV: Chapter 9
      • Book XIV: Chapter 10
    • Book XV
      • Book XV: Preface
      • Book XV: Chapter 1
      • Book XV: Chapter 2
      • Book XV: Chapter 3
      • Book XV: Chapter 4
      • Book XV: Chapter 5
      • Book XV: Chapter 6
      • Book XV: Chapter 7
      • Book XV: Chapter 8
  • Volume I: Books XVI to XIX
    • Book XVI
      • Book XVI: Proem
      • Book XVI: Chapter 1
      • Book XVI: Chapter 2
    • Book XVII
      • Book XVII: Proem
      • Book XVII: Chapter 1
      • Book XVII: Chapter 2
      • Book XVII: Chapter 3
      • Book XVII: Chapter 4
      • Book XVII: Chapter 5
      • Book XVII: Chapter 6
      • Book XVII: Chapter 7
      • Book XVII: Chapter 8
      • Book XVII: Chapter 20
      • Book XVII: Chapter 21
      • Book XVII: Chapter 22
    • Book XVIII
      • Book XVIII: Preface
      • Book XVIII: Chapter 1
      • Book XVIII: Chapter 2
      • Book XVIII: Chapter 3
    • Book XIX
      • Book XIX: Chapter 7
      • Book XIX: Chapter 11
      • Book XIX: Chapter 12
      • Book XIX: Chapter 13
      • Book XIX: Chapter 15
  • Volume II: Books XX to XXX
    • Book XX
    • Book XXI
    • Book XXII
    • Book XXIII
    • Book XXIV
    • Book XXV
    • Book XXVI
    • Book XXVII
    • Book XXVIII
    • Book XXIX
    • Book XXX
  • Bibliography
  • Oviedo in the News
  • Translators

Andrea Tellez ’21: Book VI, Chapter LIII (About Another Great Novelty About the Low and High Tides on the Bay of San Mateo)

  • Translators

Andrea Tellez ’21: Book VI, Chapter LII (Which Tells of a Howler Monkey)

  • Translators

Joseph Wiswell ’20: Book VI, Chapter LI (On a Case Which Concerns a New Form of Hunting on This Island of Hispaniola)

  • Translators

Andrea Tellez ’21: Book VI, Chapter XLVIII (Which Deals With a Newly or Recently Found Remedy to Cure Wounds From Poison Arrows)

  • Translators

Ella Nguyen ’23: Book VI, Chapter IX (How in Other Parts of the World They Sacrificed Human Beings)

  • Translators

Jessie Marasco ’22: Book VI, Chapter XLIX (Which Discusses Diverse and Wondrous Stories and Matters That Have Occurred in Very Remote Parts)

  • Translators

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XLIV (About Some Captains Memorable for the True Worth of Their Persons, and All of Them One-Eyed)

  • Translators

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XXX (About an Account of a New Type of Kettledrum and Tambourine)

  • Translators

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XV (About a Rare Fowl or Bird that Captain Urdaneta Gave the Author of These Stories)

  • Translators

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XIII (Bout a Hot Spring That Flows Under a Sweet, Cold River on the Island of Dominica)

Andrea Tellez ’21: Book VI, Chapter LIII (About Another Great Novelty About the Low and High Tides on the Bay of San Mateo)

Andrea Tellez ’21: Book VI, Chapter LII (Which Tells of a Howler Monkey)

Joseph Wiswell ’20: Book VI, Chapter LI (On a Case Which Concerns a New Form of Hunting on This Island of Hispaniola)

Andrea Tellez ’21: Book VI, Chapter XLVIII (Which Deals With a Newly or Recently Found Remedy to Cure Wounds From Poison Arrows)

Ella Nguyen ’23: Book VI, Chapter IX (How in Other Parts of the World They Sacrificed Human Beings)

Jessie Marasco ’22: Book VI, Chapter XLIX (Which Discusses Diverse and Wondrous Stories and Matters That Have Occurred in Very Remote Parts)

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XLIV (About Some Captains Memorable for the True Worth of Their Persons, and All of Them One-Eyed)

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XXX (About an Account of a New Type of Kettledrum and Tambourine)

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XV (About a Rare Fowl or Bird that Captain Urdaneta Gave the Author of These Stories)

Annie Trentman ’22: Book VI, Chapter XIII (Bout a Hot Spring That Flows Under a Sweet, Cold River on the Island of Dominica)

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