Pané's words survive only through a translation printed 73 years later (Venice, 1571)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1571 · Places: Ayiti, Europe
SUMMARYPané's words survive only through a translation printed 73 years later (Venice, 1571) [Connections: Ayiti spirit, first-person, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDThe original Spanish manuscript is lost; Ferdinand Columbus copied it into his biography of his father, and that copy is also lost. Alfonso Ulloa translated the biography into Italian and published it as the Historie (Venice, 1571), with Pané's 26 chapters inserted as chapter LXI
PATTERNThe earliest Taíno religious record reaches us through a chain of colonial copyists and a translator
LENS (WW9)Even the "first record" passed through three foreign hands before print. Ask who edited
OPENCompare Ulloa's Italian with Peter Martyr's separate summary of Pané (Decades) to spot changes
SOURCECultura y Droga, Univ. de Caldas — Fernando Colón, Historie, Venice 1571, ch. LXI.