This edition of Luis JerA3nimo de OrA(c)a (TM)s work presents readers with a new introduction and an annotated translation that place the text in the broader context of international politics.

Few English-speaking readers are familiar with the life or the writings of the sixteenth-century Franciscan chronicler Luis Jerónimo de Oré, particularly his neglected Relación, about the early Spanish presence in territories now part of the US. This edition of his work presents readers with a new introduction and an annotated translation that place the text in the broader context of international politics.