《Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada》作者:[美]Washington Irving【完结】
https://www.dlgyc.com/tupiao/2852532.jpgAlthoughthefollowingChroniclebearsthenameofthevenerableFrayAntonioAgapida,itisratherasuperstructurereareduponthefragmentswhichremainofhiswork.Itmaybeasked,WhoisthissameAgapida,whoiscitedwithsuchdeference,yetwhosenameisnottobefoundinanyofthecataloguesofSpanishauthors?
WashingtonIrving(1783-1859)wasanAmericanauthoroftheearlynineteenthcentury.BestknownforhisshortstoriesTheLegendofSleepyHollowandRipvanWinkle,hewasalsoaprolificessayist,biographerandhistorian.HespokefluentSpanish,whichservedhimwellinhiswritingsonthatcountry,andhecouldreadseveralotherlanguages,includingGermanandDutch.HisfirstbookwasAHistoryofNew-YorkfromtheBeginningoftheWorldtotheEndoftheDutchDynasty,byDiedrichKnickerbocker.HetravelledontheWesternfrontierinthe1830sandrecordedhisglimpsesofWesterntribesinATouronthePrairies.HespokeagainstthemishandlingofrelationswiththeNativeAmericantribesbyEuropeansandAmericans.HepopularizedthenicknameGothamforNewYorkCity,andiscreditedwithinventingtheexpressiontheAlmightydollar.
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