“With a thorough introduction and the ample scholarly apparatus supplied by Raquel Chang-Rodríguez and Nancy Vogeley, this lively text comes to us like a puzzle whose missing piece is finally restored. . . . [A] timely, definitive, and handsomely produced edition.”—Thomas Hallock, The Americas
“Chang-Rodríguez and Vogeley’s [translation] contains an up-to-date and extensive critical apparatus that situates Oré’s historiographical piece in the international politics of the time while incorporating recent scholarship as well.”—Colonial Latin American Review
“Raquel Chang-Rodríguez and Nancy Vogeley do a superb job in making available to English-speaking audiences a modernized and annotated version of a foundational narrative about the history of Spanish contact in the North American continent.”—Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas
“An interesting, at times exciting, and readable story that relates Spanish military activities, Franciscan interactions with the indigenous peoples, the effects of Spanish government oversight, the clash of cultures, and the amazing linguistic achievements of the missionaries. . . . Account of the Martyrs in the Provinces of La Florida offers rare insight into the actions, motivations, and thinking of the early conquering and colonial forces.”—Dolores Fischer, New Oxford Review
“If the emphasis in Early America were on the early, Florida’s San Agustín (1565) would easily prevail over Jamestown (1607), Santa Fe (1607), and Quebec (1608). But all Early Americanists have reason to welcome Raquel Chang-Rodríguez and Nancy Vogeley’s expert edition of the Relación de los mártires de La Florida (ca. 1619) by the Peruvian Luis Jerónimo de Oré, OFM, here in its first English translation since 1937. Reminding us that La Florida was part of the Spanish-speaking world for three centuries and continues to act as a bridge to it, this classic is proof that the hemisphere’s divided histories and literatures can still exchange gifts of high value.”—Amy Turner Bushnell, author of Situado and Sabana: Spain’s Support System for the Presidio and Mission Provinces of Florida
