The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez

The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez (Spanish: Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez) is a 1690 book by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, a Mexican writer retelling the story of Alonso Ramírez, a Puerto Rican sailor from his first sailing as a ship's boy in 1675, to his arrival at Yucatan, Mexico, after which he served as a sailor based on Cavite, Philippines. At one point thought to be fictional, José Francisco Buscaglia-Salgado and the historian Fabio López-Lázaro have demonstrated the existence of Ramírez and the accuracy of the account of experiences with pirates, including William Dampier and Duncan Mackintosh.[1][2] Among the most consequential findings of Buscaglia's research, as reported in the bilingual edition of 2019, is to have found the shipwreck site and the remains of Ramírez's frigate in Punta Herradura, Yucatán, Mexico.[3][4][5]

References

1. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramirez: The True Adventures of a Spanish American with 17th Century Pirates, University of Texas Press, 2011.'
2. The Misfortunes of Alonso Ramirez (1690)
3. Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de (2009). Historias del seno mexicano. José F. Buscaglia-Salgado. La Habana, Cuba: Fondo Editorial Casa de las Americas. ISBN 978-959-260-274-8. OCLC 756691485.
4. Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de (2011). Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez. José F. Buscaglia-Salgado. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. ISBN 9788400093655. OCLC 888274050.
5. Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de (2019). Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez [The misfortunes of Alonso Ramírez]. Translated by José F. Buscaglia-Salgado (Annotated bilingual ed.). New Brunswick, New Jersey. ISBN 978-0-8135-9309-8. OCLC 1124761908.