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- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
- she talks about women and their intelectual capabilities. She was a nun- power to the women
- Gaspar de Carvajal
- He talks about the amazon and how the women were bigger than the men and thus they joined the war and became warriors
- Dona Frances Calderon de la Barca
- she talks about the high society in her travels focusing on parties and fashion. She also makes her observations on the lower class like the servants.
- Don Carlos de Siguenza y. Gongora
- talks about the riot in Mexico city. Talks badly about the indians. He talks about how the riots were wrong and that intermixutre is wrong.
- Hernando Cortez
- he wrote the letter to Spain to convince the king that all his actions were done in the name of Castile and G-d. He describes the cities he sees including the people.
- Cristobal Colon
- This is Christopher Colombus. He talks about his voyage to the Caribbean Islands. He is writing letters to the crown to talk about his travels and traveling to India.
- Acarete du Biscay
- talks about his travels in South America- from Buenos Aires to Peru. He talks about his own business gains and the people and cultures he encountered.
- Bernal Diaz Del Castillo
- wants to give the "true history" of what happened in spain. Cortez ignored other people in his story and now he wanted to make sure that they were recognized
- Joseph Mugaburu
- he wrote a diary talking about race, class and gender in Peru
- Hernando Ruiz de Alarcon
- his writings talk about how native paganism and superstitions are stupid.
- Garcilaso De la Vega, el Inca
- He talks about the native culture. Talks about how the Incas were treated before and after the conquest in Peru
- Bartolome de Las Casas
- He talks about the "just war" that they started the war in the name of Christianity. He talks about the indigenous people and the Spaniards wanting to convert them to Christianity.
- Don Felipe Guaman Poma
- talks about how the Indians were mistreated.