The cultural geography of Colonial American literatures: empire, travel, modernity

List of illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Prospero's progeny 2. Mythos and epos: Cabeza de Vacas's empire of peace 3. The geography of history: Samuel Purchas and 'his' pilgrims 4. 'True histories': the captivities of Francisco Nunez de Pineda y Bascunan and Mary White Rowlandson 5. 'Friends and compatriots': Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora and the piracy of knowledge 6. 'Husquenawing': William Byrd's 'Creolean humours' 7. Dismembering the empira: Alonso Carrio de la Vandera and J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Notes Index.