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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world "The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more impressive is the analytical skill Cervantes applies. . . . [He] conveys complex arguments in delightfully simple language, and most importantly knows how...
Author
Series
Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This text shines a spotlight on the story of the Spanish fighter-turned-explorer, the conquistador. Coverage is given to what it meant to be a conquistador as well as the conquistador's goals: gold, God, and glory. In this title, the reader is taken past the initial phase of land discovery into an exploration of the later stages of colonial land acquisition and European authority over indigenous peoples.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This ruthless conquistador who toppled the Inca Empire came from humble origins. The illegitimate son of a soldier, Pizarro made his way to the New World to make his fortune. He took part in expeditions led by Alonso de Ojeda and Vasco N ez de Balboa, before partnering up with Diego de Almagro and Hernando de Luque to lead an expedition of his own. The story of Pizarro s strategically brilliant, if ethically problematic, conquest of the Inca will...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
History reports that the mighty Inca were swiftly wiped out by a small band of Conquistadors, but new evidence is being unearthed that may help rewrite history. Uncovered remains of those who died in battle along with recently discovered documents suggest that even after forming military alliances with thousands of Indian mercenaries, it took the Spanish many years to defeat the Inca Empire.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Fueld by promises of gold, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his explorers venture across the treacherous Andes Mountains to Peru. There, Pizarro captures King Atahuallpa, Inca's godlike monarch, and promises his freedom upon the deliverance of gold. But friendship and respect develop between the two leaders and when the King is sentenced to die, Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor for the King....
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 301
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the world's resources and balance of power. They changed the course of history, but the myth they established was even stranger than their real achievements. This Very Short Introduction deploys the latest scholarship to shatter and replace the traditional narrative....
10) Conquistadors
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
"The native people of the Americas never had a chance against European soldiers. The troops of the conquistadors had guns and armor, not to mention new diseases! As readers are drawn through the bloody history of early settlement in the New World, they'll learn about the conquistadors' wish for gold and to convert the native peoples to Christianity. Chapters focusing on major conquistadors--including de Coronado, Pizarro, Cortes, and more--incorporate...
Author
Publisher
Edaf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
La gesta de la exploración, conquista y defensa que llevó a cabo España, durante 300 años, en lo que hoy son los Estados Unidos de América supone un acontecimiento histórico capital. Españoles fueron los primeros europeos que avistaron el Cañón del Colorado, cruzaron el río Misisipi, atravesaron las grandes llanuras, se internaron en los desiertos de Nevada o fundaron ciudades como Los Angeles, Santa Fe o San Francisco. Mucho antes de que...
Publisher
Denver Art Museum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An enslaved Indigenous girl who became Hernan Cortes's interpreter and cultural translator, Malinche stood at center stage in one of the most significant events of modern history. Linguistically gifted, she played a key role in the transactions, negotiations, and conflicts between the Spanish and the Indigenous populations of Mexico that shaped the course of global politics for centuries to come. As mother to Cortes's firstborn son, she became the...
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