Acknowledgments  ix

Introduction to the English Edition  xi

Introductory Study  xvii

An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians  I

Appendix A. Christopher Columbus  41

Appendix B. Pietro Martire d'Anghiera  46

Appendix C. Fray Bartolom�e Las Casas  54

Bibliographic Note  68

Index of Taino Words and Names  71

“[A]n outstanding text . . . . This volume brings to anglophones a text of undisputed primacy among Spanish colonial documents. Additionally, the history of the text itself provides a remarkable example of the interlinguistic and intercultural complications that should concern a book series focused on translation.”—Heather McMichael, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies

“Ramón Pané accompanied Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1493. His account presents his impressions of the native tribes encountered on Hispaniola and represents the best source on the culture of the Tainos at contact. . . . Aside from historians, anthropologists, linguists, and literary critics, the general reader will find this volume of interest.”—Colonial Latin American Historical Review

“An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians is an important primary source for the history, religion, and ethnography of the extinct peoples of Hispaniola, Cuba, and the neighboring islands who are collectively known to modern scholars as Tainos. . . . Both the editor and the translator have done an excellent job of providing a scholarly introduction to and a faithful, annotated English translation of Pané’s work. Corruptions of Taino words used by Pané are noted and explained. The provenance and publishing history of the manuscript are also described. Students of the age of exploration and of first contacts between Europeans and Native Americans will welcome this edition of Pané’s Antiquities.”—Ronald Fritze, Sixteenth Century Journal

"This slim volume offers a very readable version of probably the first quasi-ethnographic account of an indigenous culture, describing Taino culture and religion." —Susan Kellogg, Latin American Research Review

“[A]n outstanding text . . . . This volume brings to anglophones a text of undisputed primacy among Spanish colonial documents. Additionally, the history of the text itself provides a remarkable example of the interlinguistic and intercultural complications that should concern a book series focused on translation.”—Heather McMichael, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies

“Ramón Pané accompanied Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1493. His account presents his impressions of the native tribes encountered on Hispaniola and represents the best source on the culture of the Tainos at contact. . . . Aside from historians, anthropologists, linguists, and literary critics, the general reader will find this volume of interest.”—Colonial Latin American Historical Review

“An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians is an important primary source for the history, religion, and ethnography of the extinct peoples of Hispaniola, Cuba, and the neighboring islands who are collectively known to modern scholars as Tainos. . . . Both the editor and the translator have done an excellent job of providing a scholarly introduction to and a faithful, annotated English translation of Pané’s work. Corruptions of Taino words used by Pané are noted and explained. The provenance and publishing history of the manuscript are also described. Students of the age of exploration and of first contacts between Europeans and Native Americans will welcome this edition of Pané’s Antiquities.”—Ronald Fritze, Sixteenth Century Journal

"This slim volume offers a very readable version of probably the first quasi-ethnographic account of an indigenous culture, describing Taino culture and religion." —Susan Kellogg, Latin American Research Review

“[This is a] highly accessible English translation. . . [of] the earliest work dealing exclusively with the indigenous inhabitants of the New World.”—Patricia Seed, Rice University

“[This book] is important for the way in which it anticipates some of the main issues concerning the production of Latin American literature.”—Roberto González Echevarría, author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative

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