Academic work on the contributions and travels of people from the Americas from Columbus to about 1600. There was an astonishing amount of travel back and forth by a variety of indigenous peoples between Europe, mainly Spain and the Americas. The people were taken as slaves, accepted as translators and ambassadors. Royalty was recognized. There was trade. Others became objects of curiosity. Some ended up living in Europe and having families. This is a book about exploration from the indigenous point of view teased out of sparse records and oral traditions