Europa heautentimorumene: es decir, que míseramente a sí misma se atormenta y lamenta su propia desgracia. Andrés Laguna , Miguel Ángel González Manjarréz
Charles and to the regent Empress Isabel. Lope's letters are, therefore, rich sources of information about the domestic life of the highest levels of Portuguese society, including marriage negotiations, illnesses, rivalries, and a whole world of intimate feuds and alliances. Lope also reports in detail on Portuguese operations in the Spice Islands and on far-flung incidents such as Cortez's effort to send five ships from Mexico to the Moluccas. Viaud provides a masterful overview, a meticulous transcription of Lope's 144 letters surviving from 1530 through 1532, as well as tables, charts, maps, bibliography, illustrations, and three indices. The book is testimony to the aesthetic and editorial excellence that a dedicated scholar can achieve with the support of a generous sponsor. HELEN NADER University of Arizona