{"product_id":"the-misfortunes-of-alonso-ramrez-fabio-l-pez-l-zaro-9780292743892","title":"The Misfortunes of Alonso Ram叝ez: The True Adventures of a Spanish American with 17th-Century Pirates","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1690, a dramatic account of piracy was published in Mexico City. \u003ci\u003eThe Misfortunes of Alonso Ram叝ez\u003c\/i\u003e described the incredible adventures of a poor Spanish American carpenter who was taken captive by British pirates near the Philippines and forced to work for them for two years. After circumnavigating the world, he was freed and managed to return to Mexico, where the Spanish viceroy commissioned the well-known Mexican scholar Carlos de Sig?nza y Ggora to write down Ram叝ez's account as part of an imperial propaganda campaign against pirates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Misfortunes of Alonso Ram叝ez\u003c\/i\u003e has long been regarded as a work of fiction--in fact, as Latin America's first novel--but Fabio Lez L痙aro makes a convincing case that the book is a historical account of real events, albeit full of distortions and lies. Using contemporary published accounts, as well as newly discovered documents from Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, and Dutch archives, he proves that Ram叝ez voyaged with one of the most famous pirates of all time, William Dampier. Lez L痙aro's critical translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Misfortunes \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the only extensive Spanish eyewitness account of pirates during the period in world history (1650-1750) when they became key agents of the European powers jockeying for international political and economic dominance. An extensive introduction places \u003ci\u003eThe Misfortunes\u003c\/i\u003e within the worldwide struggle that Spain, England, and Holland waged against the ambitious Louis XIV of France, which some historians consider to be the first world war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fabio Lez L痙aro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292743890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292743892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Fabio Lez L痙aro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992913051903,"sku":"9780292743892","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_856a3286-1d8b-482d-9ad5-64b673305eaa.jpg?v=1683321500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-misfortunes-of-alonso-ramrez-fabio-l-pez-l-zaro-9780292743892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}