Christopher Columbus, The Columbus Letter  (Online; see especially section 1.2, "Reproduction," for the illustrations, and section 1.4, "Translation.")

John Smith, Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings, 57-77.

John Smith, Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings, 81-131.

John Smith, Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings, "John Smith as Ethnographer: His Relationship with the Indians,"  135-203; "John Smith as Interpreter of the Environment," 207-238.

These two sections will be divided up and each student will teach a part.

Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, The Account, 11-29.

Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, The Account, 30-76.

Alvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, The Account, 77-121.

Richard Hakluyt, Divers Voyages, 12-19.

Bring your book to class and we will read this material together, giving students a chance to learn how to read sixteenth-century print.

Richard Hakluyt, Divers Voyages, 21-51.

Richard Hakluyt, Divers Voyages, 21-51.

Richard Hakluyt, Divers Voyages, Verrazano, 53-67; the Zenos, 68-85.

These two sections will be divided up and each student will teach a part.

Richard Hakluyt, Divers Voyages, 87-106. 

Garcilaso de la Vega, Florida of the Inca, xxxv-xlv and 3-55. 

Garcilaso de la Vega, Florida of the Inca, 57-260. 

Garcilaso de la Vega, Florida of the Inca, 261-472. 

Garcilaso de la Vega, Florida of the Inca, 473-566.

 Garcilaso de la Vega, Florida of the Inca, 569-643

Anne Bradstreet, "Love Poems" and "Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666,"  To My Husband and Other Poems, 1-5, 13-15.

In addition, chose one other poems from the "Domestic Poems" section (6-18) to be able to present to the class.

Anne Bradstreet, "A Dialogue Between Old England and New; Concerning Their Present Troubles, Anno 1642," To My Husband and Other Poems, 52-61.

In addition, chose one other poem from the "Religious Meditations" section (19-36)and one from the "Dialogues and Lamentations" or "Formal Elegies" sections to be able to present to the class.

Juana Inés de la Cruz, "Décimas" and "Loa for the Auto Sacramental: The Divine Narcissus," Poems Protest and a Dream, 161-65, 195-239.

Juana Inés de la Cruz, "Epigrams" and "Sonnets," Poems Protest and a Dream, 1153-59, 167-85.

Anne Bradstreet, "The Author to Her Book" and "The Prologue," To My Husband and Other Poems, viii, 70-72.

Juana Inés de la Cruz, "Response to the Most Illustriuos Poetess Sor Filotea de la Cruz" and "Prologue to the Reader," Poems Protest and a Dream, 1-75, 133-35.

Larry Torres, trans., Six Nuevomexicano Folk Dramas for Advent Season, "The Four Apparitions of Guadalupe," 1-48.

Larry Torres, trans., Six Nuevomexicano Folk Dramas for Advent Season, "No Room at the Inn," 49-70; "The Second Shepherd's Play," 71-110.

Larry Torres, trans., Six Nuevomexicano Folk Dramas for Advent Season, "The Christians and the Moors," 111-34; "Los Matachines Unmasked," 135-60; "The Three Kings," 161-92.

Ethan Allen, A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity.

Ethan Allen, A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity.

Ethan Allen, A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity.