Download or read book The Life of Captain Alonso de Contreras written by Alonso de Contreras and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alonso de Contreras (Madrid, Spain, 6 January 1582 - 1641), was a Spanish soldier, sailor, privateer, adventurer and writer, best known as the author of his autobiography; one of the very few autobiographies of Spanish soldiers under the Spanish Habsburgs and possibly one of the finest ..."--Wikipedia.