AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 "This Is My Forest!": Indigenous Animals in ApocalyptoChapter 2 "The Falcon Devoured Its Nest": Animals in Poetic Responses to the Conquest of the AmericasChapter 3 Emptying Montezuma's Zoo: The Conquest of the Animal Other in MalincheChapter 4 Conquest, Cannibalism, and the Comedia: The Predatory Instinct in El entenadoChapter 5 Uncanny Encounters: New World Creatures in The Road to El DoradoChapter 6 "Jaguar Is Your Real Name": Performing Animality in Isabel Allende's City of the BeastsChapter 7 Monsters at the Edge of the World: The Nonhuman Conquest in Books for Young ChildrenChapter 8 "Reconquer Your Illusion": Gamifying the Encounter at Isla MagicaConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author