An Arab's journey to colonial Spanish America : the travels of Elias al-Musili in the seventeenth century / translated from the Arabic and edited by Caesar E. Farah.

Includes index.

Journey of the First Eastern Traveler to America -- 1. From Baghdad to Venice -- 2. Tour of France -- 3. Spain and Italy -- 4. Preparing for the Journey to America -- 5. The Journey to South America -- 6. Arriving in America -- 7. Proceeding along the Coast of Venezuela -- 8. Description of Cartagena -- 9. The Journey to Panama -- 10. The Journey to Panama City -- 11. From Panama to Guayaquil in the Land of Peru -- 12. Describing the Alligator Called "Caiman" -- 13. From Guayaquil to Quito -- 14. Quito and Its Environs -- 15. From Quito to Cuenca: Describing the Bullfight -- 16. Mines of Gold -- 17. Journeys and Dangers -- 18. The Cave of Gold in Piura -- 19. From Piura to Trujillo -- 20. The Journey to Lima -- 21. Residing in Lima -- 22. Description of Lima -- 23. The Journey to Huancavelica -- 24. Mercury Mines -- 25. Petrified Water - Describing the Cactus -- 26. Arriving in Aguamanga -- 27. The Journey to Cuzco -- 28. Traveling to Abancay -- 29. Describing Abancay -- 30. The Indians of Paucartambo -- 31. Mines of Silver -- 32. Cruel Death of a Wealthy Man -- 33. Minting Silver -- 34. Ancient Inhabitants of the Land -- 35. Freeing Some Prisoners - A Marble Quarry -- 36. Wealth Illegally Gathered -- 37. Travel to Oruro and Potosi -- 38. A Visit to the Mint and Silver Mine -- 39. Describing the Extraction of Silver -- 40. Journeying to Chuquisaca -- 41. Describing Tucuman and Buenos Aires -- 42. The Deposed Viceroy -- 43. A Traveler Befriending the Wronged -- 44. The Return to Panama from Peru -- 45. The Journey from Panama. Solomon's Island -- 46. The Land of Nicaragua -- 47. The Land of San Salvador, Describing the Plant of the Nile -- 48. The Land of Guatemala -- 49. The Land of Chiapa, a Messenger of Peace -- 50. The Journey to Mexico -- 51. Describing Mexico -- 52. The Wondrous Church of the Virgin -- 53. Heretics Attack the Port of Vera Cruz -- 54. From Mexico to Baghdad via China -- 55. Tales of China and the Philippines -- 56. The Mariannes Islands -- 57. The Return to Europe -- 58. From Spain to Rome -- App. A. Pedro the Candian (Cretan): One of the Conquerors of Peru -- App. B. Christian Relics in Central and South America.