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Esteban : the African slave who explored America
- Title
- Esteban : the African slave who explored America / Dennis Herrick.
- Author
- Herrick, Dennis F.
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 282 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "When Pueblo Indians say, "The first white man our people saw was a black man," they are referring to Esteban, who came to New Mexico in 1539. After centuries of negative portrayals, this book highlights Esteban's importance in America's early history. Books about the history of the American West have ignored Esteban or belittled his importance, often using his slave nickname, Estebanico. What little we know about Esteban comes from Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and other Spanish chroniclers, whose condescension toward the African slave has carried over into most history books. In this work Herrick dispels the myths and outright lies about Esteban. His biography emphasizes Esteban rather than the Spaniards whose exploits are often exaggerated and jingoistic in the sixteenth-century chronicles. He gives Esteban full credit for his courage and his skill as a linguist and cultural intermediary who was trusted and respected by Indians from many tribes across the continent."--
- Subject
- Estevan, -1539
- 1500-1599
- Explorers > America > Biography
- Explorers > Spain > Biography
- Black people > America > Biography
- Enslaved persons > America > Biography
- Slavery > America > History > 16th century
- Cibola, Seven Cities of
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery
- HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Blacks
- Discovery and exploration, Spanish
- Explorers
- Slavery
- Enslaved persons
- Southwestern States > Discovery and exploration > Spanish
- Southern States > Discovery and exploration > Spanish
- America
- Southern States
- Spain
- United States > Southwestern States
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-46
- ISBN
- 9780826359810
- 0826359817
- LCCN
- 2017060736
- OCLC
- 1032027640
- Author
- Herrick, Dennis F., author.
- Title
- Esteban : the African slave who explored America / Dennis Herrick.
- Publisher
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1500-1599
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-46