Unsettlement of America: Translation, Interpretation, and the Story of Don Luis de Velasco, 1560-1945

by Anna Brickhouse

In The Unsettlement of America, Anna Brickhouse explores the fascinating career and ambivalent narrative legacy of Paquiquineo, a largely forgotten Native translator of the early modern Atlantic world. Encountered by Spanish explorers in 1561 near the future site of the Jamestown settlement, Paquiquineo traveled to Spain and from there to Mexico, where he was christened as Don Luis de Velasco. Regarded as a promising envoy to indigenous populations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199729727
• ISBN13: 9780199729722
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.6"