A Most Splendid Company

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One. Essential Background: Prior to 1530
Social Framework in Spain
Chapter One. Asian Luxuries
Chapter Two. Sevilla, Epicenter of Transformation to Modernity
Chapter Three. Accelerating Optimism: Economic Boom and Population Surge
Chapter Four. Mobility and Conquest Frontier in Iberia
Chapter Five. The Geography of Expectations
Chapter Six. Private Initiative in Expansion of Royal Sovereignty
Chapter Seven. The Age of Credit
Chapter Eight. Millenarianism
Chapter Nine. Status of Indians in the Spanish Court
Chapter Ten. Humanism, Renaissance, and Reformation in Spain
Chapter Eleven. Social and Political Diversity and Stratification

Social Framework in Nueva EspanÞa
Chapter Twelve. Native Economies
Chapter Thirteen. Native Travel and Communication
Chapter Fourteen. Community Mobility
Chapter Fifteen. Old World Emigration
Chapter Sixteen. Essentials of Colonial Settlement
Chapter Seventeen. Cabildo and Encomienda: Exploiting Land and People
Chapter Eighteen. Disease
Chapter Nineteen. Native Social and Political Organization as Seen by Europeans
Chapter Twenty. Old World Natives as Seen by Indios
Chapter Twenty-One. Conquest and Resistance
Chapter Twenty-Two. Native Planning
Chapter Twenty-Three. Range of Expeditionary Practice
Chapter Twenty-Four. Indian Allies and Suppression of Warfare within Spanish Dominion

Part Two. Before the Expedition: 1530–1539
1530–1539
Chapter Twenty-Five. Rumors and Reports
Chapter Twenty-Six. Five Protagonists
Chapter Twenty-Seven. Nueva Galicia and California
Chapter Twenty-Eight. Resolution of Rival Claims

Assessment and Planning: Mendoza and Associates
Chapter Twenty-Nine. The Mendoza Expedition
Chapter Thirty. Reconnaissance by Fray Marcos and Vázquez de Coronado
Chapter Thirty-One. Verification of Fray Marcos’s Report
Chapter Thirty-Two. Planning and Preliminaries
Chapter Thirty-Three. Mendoza’s Three-Phase Approach to Asia
Chapter Thirty-Four. Sensation in Mexico City

The People
Chapter Thirty-Five. Diversity and Similarity
Chapter Thirty-Six. Social and Political Status
Chapter Thirty-Seven. Motives
Chapter Thirty-Eight. Age
Chapter Thirty-Nine. Occupations
Chapter Forty. Sense of Place
Chapter Forty-One. Connections between Expeditionaries
Chapter Forty-Two. Experience That Mattered
Chapter Forty-Three. Indian Allies, Who They Were
Chapter Forty-Four. Servants and Slaves from Sevilla to Mexico City and Puebla

Assembling the People
Chapter Forty-Five. Assembling the People
Chapter Forty-Six. Place of Immediate Origin

Financing
Chapter Forty-Seven. Financial Participation

Provisioning
Chapter Forty-Eight. Food
Chapter Forty-Nine. Clothing
Chapter Fifty. Medicine
Chapter Fifty-One. Tools and Materials
Chapter Fifty-Two. Arms and Armor
Chapter Fifty-Three. Livestock

Part Three. During the Expedition: 1539–1542
Chapter Fifty-Four. Abstract of the Events of the Expedition to Tierra Nueva
Chapter Fifty-Five. Native Planning in Tierra Nueva

Organization of the Expedition
Chapter Fifty-Six. Leadership
Chapter Fifty-Seven. Companies
Chapter Fifty-Eight. Specialists
Chapter Fifty-Nine. Servants and Slaves in Tierra Nueva
Chapter Sixty. Indios Amigos in Action

Logistics of Travel toward Asia
Chapter Sixty-One. Guides, Informants, and Diplomacy
Chapter Sixty-Two. Intelligibility and Understanding
Chapter Sixty-Three. Trade and Gift Goods
Chapter Sixty-Four. Transport
Chapter Sixty-Five. Supply
Chapter Sixty-Six. Camp Life
Chapter Sixty-Seven. Winter Housing
Chapter Sixty-Eight. Discipline and Justice
Chapter Sixty-Nine. Petty Commerce
Chapter Seventy. International Trade
Chapter Seventy-One. Communication and Messengers
Chapter Seventy-Two. A Dispersed Expedition
Chapter Seventy-Three. Long-Term and Permanent Absence
Chapter Seventy-Four. Shifting Strategy and Tactics for Survival

Internal Tensions
Chapter Seventy-Five. Reasons behind Internal Tensions

Relations with Natives
Chapter Seventy-Six. Relations with Natives

Assessment of Lands Seen
Chapter Seventy-Seven. The Best-Laid Plans
Chapter Seventy-Eight. Reaction to Lands Seen

Part Four. After the Expedition: After 1542
Chapter Seventy-Nine. Personal Aftermath
Chapter Eighty. Physical Effects, Death, Illness, and Injury
Chapter Eighty-One. Debt
Chapter Eighty-Two. Marriage and Children
Chapter Eighty-Three. Change or Constancy of Attitudes and Outlook
Chapter Eighty-Four. Recriminations
Chapter Eighty-Five. Secrecy and Scarcity of Contemporaneous Firsthand Accounts
Chapter Eighty-Six. Long-Term Results: Asia at Last

Conclusions
Chapter Eighty-Seven. Distinctiveness
Chapter Eighty-Eight. Observations and Reflections
Chapter Eighty-Nine. A Summary of Conclusions

Appendix One. Social and Political Ranking
Appendix Two. Data Sheets
Appendix Three. Signatures
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index