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“adalberto lopez”

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  • The Colonial History of Paraguay

    The Revolt of the Comuneros, 1721-1735

    Edited by Adalberto Lopez ...
    The Paraguayan revolt of 1721-1735 was the first of sev-eral events that presaged the Hispanic American Inde-pendence movements of the early nineteenth century. Exist-ing works on the revolt, though, are either too short, superficial, or inaccurate. The Colonial History of Paraguay is an original contribution to the scholarship on this crucial period in Paraguay's history. More than a detailed ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

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    by Kim MacQuarrie ...
    The epic story of the fall of the Inca Empire to Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in the aftermath of a bloody civil war, and the recent discovery of the lost guerrilla capital of the Incas, Vilcabamba, by three American explorers.In 1532, the fifty-four-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Simón Bolívar

    A Life

    by John Lynch ...
    The "impeccably researched, uncommonly honest, and . . . very well written" biography of the nineteenth century Venezuelan military and political leader (Alvaro Vargas Llosa, New Republic).Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary who freed six South American countries from Spanish Imperial rule, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a statesman who led the governments of ... Read more

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  • Conquest

    Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico

    by Hugh Thomas ...
    Series series Gift for History Buffs
    Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history.Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits ... Read more

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  • The Conquest of the Aztec Empire

    A Chronicle of the Collision of Two Worlds (long non-ilustrated version)

    by Alejandro Toulet ...
    Trying to understand the conquest of the Aztec Empire entails penetrating one of the most fabulous and sad episodes of the history of mankind. It is well known that the Spaniards, led by Hernan Cortes, conquered the Aztecs; the most powerful civilization of Mesoamerica. However, there are many questions regarding the actual events. For instance: how did Hernan Cortes communicate with the Aztecs? ... Read more

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  • The Golden Empire

    Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America

    by Hugh Thomas ...
    From a master chronicler of Spanish history comes a magnificent work about the pivotal years from 1522 to 1566, when Spain was the greatest European power. Hugh Thomas has written a rich and riveting narrative of exploration, progress, and plunder. At its center is the unforgettable ruler who fought the French and expanded the Spanish empire, and the bold conquistadors who were his agents. Thomas ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Gringo Guide to Mexican History

    by William J. Conaway ...
    Series series Gringo Guides
    A 354 page, complete History of Mexico with historic pictures. An easy read to learn the incredible history of the Republic from the Conquest until Today. The places, events, and the characters that played out their roles in one of the bloodiest histories ever recorded. Interspersed throughout are accounts of events taking place in the U.S. and the rest of the world simultaniously to give one a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Tupac Amaru Rebellion

    by Charles F. Walker ...
    Charles Walker examines the largest rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire, led by Latin America's most iconic revolutionary, Tupac Amaru, and his wife. It began in 1780 as a multiclass alliance against European-born usurpers but degenerated into a vicious caste war, leaving a legacy that still influences South American politics today. ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence

    Latin America's Struggle for Independence

    by John Charles Chasteen ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in World History
    A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Rivers of Gold

    The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan

    by Hugh Thomas ...
    From one of the greatest historians of the Spanish world, here is a fresh and fascinating account of Spain’s early conquests in the Americas. Hugh Thomas’s magisterial narrative of Spain in the New World has all the characteristics of great historical literature: amazing discoveries, ambition, greed, religious fanaticism, court intrigue, and a battle for the soul of humankind.Hugh Thomas shows ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru

    by Titu Cusi Yupanqui ...
    Translated by Ralph Bauer ...
    Available in English for the first time, An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru is a firsthand account of the Spanish invasion, narrated in 1570 by Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui - the penultimate ruler of the Inca dynasty - to a Spanish missionary and transcribed by a mestizo assistant. The resulting hybrid document offers an Inca perspective on the Spanish conquest of Peru, filtered through ... Read more

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  • The History of the Incas

    by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ...
    Translated by Brian S. Bauer ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    A new translation and introduction to an invaluable source of information on the last and largest empire to develop in the indigenous Americas.The History of the Incas may be the best description of Inca life and mythology to survive Spanish colonization of Peru. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, a well-educated sea captain and cosmographer of the viceroyalty, wrote the document in Cuzco, the capital of ... Read more

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