The work gives a detailed account of the colonization of the Caribbean and the territories in present-day Colombia and Venezuela. It describes the settlement companies and foundation of cities as well as vivid depictions of indigenous cultures, such as the Muisca, and natural history, making this text an important early chronicle of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Besides its historical value, it is notable for the use of multiple Renaissance-era literary styles, including the elegy, epic, pilgrimage tale, pastoral romance, chivalric romance and other literary forms.
The book contains one of the earliest descriptions of the New World speciespotato (Solanum colombianum), an unknown plant in the Old World before the discovery of the Americas by Europeans.[3]
elegías, varones, ilustres, indias, epic, poem, written, late, sixteenth, century, juan, castellanos, juan, castellanosauthorjuan, castellanoscountrycolombialanguagespanishsubjectspanish, conquest, colombiaspanish, conquest, venezuelaindigenous, groups, colomb. Elegias de varones ilustres de Indias is an epic poem written in the late sixteenth century by Juan de Castellanos 1 2 Elegias de varones ilustres de IndiasJuan de CastellanosAuthorJuan de CastellanosCountryColombiaLanguageSpanishSubjectSpanish conquest of ColombiaSpanish conquest of Venezuelaindigenous groups in Colombiaindigenous groups in VenezuelaGenrePoemSet inColombia VenezuelaPublication dateLate 16th centuryPages567WebsiteElegias de varones ilustres de Indias Google Books Contents 1 Description 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe work gives a detailed account of the colonization of the Caribbean and the territories in present day Colombia and Venezuela It describes the settlement companies and foundation of cities as well as vivid depictions of indigenous cultures such as the Muisca and natural history making this text an important early chronicle of the Spanish colonization of the Americas Besides its historical value it is notable for the use of multiple Renaissance era literary styles including the elegy epic pilgrimage tale pastoral romance chivalric romance and other literary forms The book contains one of the earliest descriptions of the New World species potato Solanum colombianum an unknown plant in the Old World before the discovery of the Americas by Europeans 3 See also edit nbsp Colombia portal nbsp History portal nbsp Literature portalSpanish conquest of the Muisca Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada El CarneroReferences edit Becco Horacio Jorge 1991 Cronicas de la Naturaleza del Nuevo Mundo 148 Cuadernos Lagoven Lagoven S A Caracas Hernandez Caballero Serafin 1998 Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela Editorial Globe C A Caracas Rodriguez Francisco Javier s a Interpretacion del Las Elegias de Juan de Castellanos Accessed 2016 08 26 External links edit in Spanish Elegias de Varones Ilustres de Indias Complete text Google Books nbsp This article related to a poem is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elegias de varones ilustres de Indias amp oldid 1197146793, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
