How Long to Read Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America

How Long Does it Take to Read Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America by Kathleen Ann Myers

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557) wrote the first comprehensive history of Spanish America, the Historia general y natural de las Indias, a sprawling, constantly revised work in which Oviedo attempted nothing less than a complete account of the Spanish discovery, conquest, and colonization of the Americas from 1492 to 1547, along with descriptions of the land's flora, fauna, and indigenous peoples. His Historia, which grew to an astounding fifty volumes, includes numerous interviews with the Spanish and indigenous leaders who were literally making history, the first extensive field drawings of America rendered by a European, reports of exotic creatures, ethnographic descriptions of indigenous groups, and detailed reports about the conquest and colonization process. Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America explores how, in writing his Historia, Oviedo created a new historiographical model that reflected the vastness of the Americas and Spain's enterprise there. Kathleen Myers uses a series of case studies—focusing on Oviedo's self-portraits, drawings of American phenomena, approaches to myth, process of revision, and depictions of Native Americans—to analyze Oviedo's narrative and rhetorical strategies and show how they relate to the politics, history, and discursive practices of his time. Accompanying the case studies are all of Oviedo's extant field drawings and a wide selection of his text in English translation. The first study to examine the entire Historia and its evolving rhetorical and historical context, this book confirms Oviedo's assertion that "the New World required a different kind of history" as it helps modern readers understand how the discovery of the Americas became a catalyst for European historiographical change.

How long is Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America?

Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America by Kathleen Ann Myers is 345 pages long, and a total of 87,975 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours to read Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America aloud.

What Reading Level is Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America?

Fernández de Oviedo's Chronicle of America is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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