New Spain (New Mexico) First published: 1610 Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá Historia de la Nueva México Introduction commissioned. Name of ContributorUniversity Affiliation Works Cited Resources...
Mexico 1724 José Antonio de Villerías y Roelas, Guadalupe According to traditional accounts, the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe traces its origins to a frosty December day in 1531. On Tepeyac, a hill just north of...
New Spain / Mexico First published in 1798 Juan Escóiquiz, México Conquistada: Poema Heroyco México conquistada [Mexico Conquered] is a 26-Book epic whose full title and publication information help to account for the celebratory light in which the...
Mexico First published in 1853. José María Rodríguez y Cos El Anáhuac Surely, José María Rodríguez y Cos (1823–1899) had the following lines in mind when he composed what he calls his thirteen-canto “epic essay,” El Anáhuac, in the early 1850s: La...
Iroquois League of Five Nations Oral tradition: c. 1100-1450 CETranscribed on wampum belt: c. 1624Earliest publication (Mohawk Version): 1883 The Great Law of Peace (Kaianerekowa) The struggle to form a unifying law by the formerly strife-torn...
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