Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• A Note on the Translation
• Introductory Study
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Viceroy, the Carpenter, and the Pirate
  • Chapter 3. Siamese Treasure, Mexican Merchants, and the Law
  • Chapter 4. Conclusions
• The Misfortunes of Alonso RamÍrez: A Critical Translation
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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A critical translation and commentary on a work long regarded as Latin America's first novel, which proves that this famous tale of piracy is actually a historical account that sheds new light on Spain's worldwide struggle against the ambitions of France and other European powers

About the Author

Fabio LÓpez LÁzaro is Associate Professor of History at Santa Clara University. He is the author of Crime in Early Bourbon Madrid (1700–1808): An Analysis of the Royal Judicial Court's Casebook. His research publications focus on legal and maritime history between 1300 and 1800 and on the interaction between Western European empires and the Americas, Asia, and the Islamic World.