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Book Synopsis Cortes and Pizarro; the Stories of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, with a Sketch of the Early Adventures of the Spaniards in the New World: Retold for Youth by : William Dalton (Miscellaneous Writer.)
Download or read book Cortes and Pizarro; the Stories of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, with a Sketch of the Early Adventures of the Spaniards in the New World: Retold for Youth written by William Dalton (Miscellaneous Writer.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Conquistadors by : Charles River Editors
Download or read book Conquistadors written by Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes Cortes's letter to King Charles V describing Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Empire. *Includes descriptions of both the Aztec and Inca Empires. *Includes pictures of the Conquistadors and important people and places in their lives. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families." - Hern�n Cort�s "Friends and comrades! On that side [south] are toil, hunger, nakedness, the drenching storm, desertion, and death; on this side ease and pleasure. There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. For my part, I go to the south." - Francisco Pizarro During the Age of Exploration, some of the most famous and infamous individuals were Spain's best known conquistadors. Naturally, as the best known conquistador, Hern�n Cort�s (1485-1547) is also the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus before him, Cort�s was lionized for his successes for centuries without questioning his tactics or motives, while indigenous views of the man have been overwhelmingly negative for the consequences his conquests had on the Aztecs and other natives in the region. Just about the only thing everyone agrees upon is that Cort�s had a profound impact on the history of North America. Of course, the lionization and demonization of Cort�s often take place without fully analyzing the man himself, especially because there are almost no contemporaneous sources that explain what his thinking and motivation was. If anything, Cort�s seemed to have been less concerned with posterity or the effects of the Spanish conquest on the natives than he was on relations with the Mother Country itself. Of the few things that are known about Cort�s, it appears that he was both extremely ambitious and fully cognizant of politics and political intrigue, even in a New World thousands of miles west of Spain itself. Cort�s spent much of his time in Mexico and the New World defending himself against other Spanish officials in the region, as well as trying to portray and position himself in a favorable light back home. If Columbus and Cort�s were the pioneers of Spain's new global empire, Pizarro consolidated its immense power and riches, and his successes inspired a further generation to expand Spain's dominions to unheard of dimensions. Furthermore, he participated in the forging of a new culture: like Cort�s, he took an indigenous mistress with whom he had two mixed-race children, and yet the woman has none of the lasting fame of Cort�s's Do�a Marina. With all of this in mind, it is again remarkable that Pizarro remains one of the less well-known and less written about of the explorers of his age. On the other hand, there are certain factors that may account for the conqueror of Peru's relative lack of lasting glory. For one, he was a latecomer in more than one sense. Cort�s's reputation was built on being the first to overthrow a great empire, so Pizarro's similar feat, even if it bore even greater fruit in the long run, would always be overshadowed by his predecessor's precedent. But Pizarro also lacked the youthful glamour of Cort�s: already a wizened veteran in his 50s by the time he undertook his momentous expedition, he proceeded with the gritty determination of a hardened soldier rather than the audacity and cunning of a young courtier. Conquistadors looks at the lives of the two distant relatives, the empires they conquered, and their legacies. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Cortes and Pizarro like you never have before.
Book Synopsis The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico by :
Download or read book The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cortes and Pizarro. The Stories of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, with a Sketch of the Early Adventures of the Spaniards in the New World ... With Illustrations by John Gilbert by : William DALTON (Writer of Stories for Children.)
Download or read book Cortes and Pizarro. The Stories of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, with a Sketch of the Early Adventures of the Spaniards in the New World ... With Illustrations by John Gilbert written by William DALTON (Writer of Stories for Children.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Traveling with Cortés and Pizarro: Discovering Fine Pre-Columbian Art by : Stuart Handler
Download or read book Traveling with Cortés and Pizarro: Discovering Fine Pre-Columbian Art written by Stuart Handler and published by 5Continents. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb selection of pre-Columbian art, ranging from terracotta, earthenware, and stone to silver and copper objects, small and large, is showcased in this lavish new book. Collector Stuart Handler and distinguished curator Joanne Stuhr describe the rich cultural context and artistic merits of individual works, and acclaimed author, explorer, and filmmaker Hugh Thomson gives a detailed, exciting narrative--based upon extensive research--of the role art played in the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés and of Peru by Francisco Pizarro. Beautifully photographed, this book will appeal to all those interested in the pre-Columbian world.
Book Synopsis The Conquistadors by : Hammond Innes
Download or read book The Conquistadors written by Hammond Innes and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enthralling study which examines the impact of the Spaniards upon the Aztec and Inca worlds is dominated by the personalities involved, in particular Cortes and Montezuma. Their confrontation in the Aztec lake-city of Tenochtitlan is a moving drama of human conflict revealing the dilemma and the enigma of the Indians. It is a story of battles and voyages, full of strange episodes – Cortes burning his ships, Pizarro drawing a line with his sword, saying "Gentlemen, this line represents toil, hunger, thirst, weariness, sickness" and daring them to cross it, and Atahualpa nursing his wound in the hot springs of Cajamarca and watching, with his army, the tiny band of Spanish adventurers descending the green slopes of the Andes.
Book Synopsis Conquistadors by : Discovery Education
Download or read book Conquistadors written by Discovery Education and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the search for gold by Cortés and Pizarro and how that search affected the civilizations of South America.
Book Synopsis Conquest of Mexico and Peru by : Hernán Cortés
Download or read book Conquest of Mexico and Peru written by Hernán Cortés and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Conquistadores by : Fernando Cervantes
Download or read book Conquistadores written by Fernando Cervantes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 to tell a good story.” —The Times (London) Over the few short decades that followed Christopher Columbus's first landing in the Caribbean in 1492, Spain conquered the two most powerful civilizations of the Americas: the Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru. Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, and the other explorers and soldiers that took part in these expeditions dedicated their lives to seeking political and religious glory, helping to build an empire unlike any the world had ever seen. But centuries later, these conquistadors have become the stuff of nightmares. In their own time, they were glorified as heroic adventurers, spreading Christian culture and helping to build an empire unlike any the world had ever seen. Today, they stand condemned for their cruelty and exploitation as men who decimated ancient civilizations and carried out horrific atrocities in their pursuit of gold and glory. In Conquistadores, acclaimed Mexican historian Fernando Cervantes—himself a descendent of one of the conquistadors—cuts through the layers of myth and fiction to help us better understand the context that gave rise to the conquistadors' actions. Drawing upon previously untapped primary sources that include diaries, letters, chronicles, and polemical treatises, Cervantes immerses us in the late-medieval, imperialist, religious world of 16th-century Spain, a world as unfamiliar to us as the Indigenous peoples of the New World were to the conquistadors themselves. His thought-provoking, illuminating account reframes the story of the Spanish conquest of the New World and the half-century that irrevocably altered the course of history.
Book Synopsis The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico by : Anonymous
Download or read book The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico written by Anonymous and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dual biography recounts the lives and exploits of two of the most famous conquistadors of the 16th century: Hernando Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. Authorship of the book is uncertain, but it was likely written in the mid-1800s. Despite its age, it remains a valuable source of information on the two famous explorers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico, and Francisco Pizarro, the Conqueror of Peru (Classic Reprint) by : UNKNOWN. AUTHOR
Download or read book The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico, and Francisco Pizarro, the Conqueror of Peru (Classic Reprint) written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico, and Francisco Pizarro, the Conqueror of Peru Is this true, is a question often asked by a child, after reading a story. Perhaps it is well, sometimes, to be able to answer this question in-the affirmative. If it is possible to relate the history of remarkable persons in such a manner as to interest the young, such stories may create a better taste in reading than that which is formed by the constant perusal of fic tion, which is now employed not only in works intended for relaxation and amusement, but as a vehicle to inculcate the deepest principles of philosophy and religion. This volume is in tended as a part of a series of the lives of distinguished persons, adapted to the under standing of the young. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Conquistadors written by Michael Wood and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the 'New World', and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance. In Conquistadors, Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers travelling from the forests of Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, the deserts of North Mexico, the snowpeaks of the Andes and the heights of Machu Picchu. He experiences the epic journeys of Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca, and explores the turbulent and terrifying events surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. Wood brings these stories to vivid life, highlighting both the heroic accomplishments and the complex moral legacy of the European invasion. Conquistadors is Michael Wood at his best - thoughtful, provocative and gripping history.
Book Synopsis The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico by : BiblioBazaar
Download or read book The Lives of Hernando Cortes, the Discoverer of Mexico written by BiblioBazaar and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lives of Vasco Nunez de Balboa by :
Download or read book The Lives of Vasco Nunez de Balboa written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stories of the conquests of Mexico and Peru by : William Dalton
Download or read book Stories of the conquests of Mexico and Peru written by William Dalton and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hernán Cortés written by Joe Greek and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legacy of Hernán Cortés, who famously conquered the formidable Aztec Empire, lives on to this day. This title traces his eventful life, introducing readers to an array of intriguing figures, such as Moctezuma, La Malinche, Cuautemoc, and Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. Learn how important the alliances that Cortés made with the Aztecs’ native enemies proved and how the initially cordial relationship between the Spanish and the Aztecs deteriorated. The title explains how Cortés, like many conquistadors, became a polarizing figure in the centuries after his deeds and death and explores the reasons for the controversy surrounding him.
Book Synopsis Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest by : Matthew Restall
Download or read book Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest written by Matthew Restall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An update of a popular work that takes on the myths of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, featuring a new afterword. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest reveals how the Spanish invasions in the Americas have been conceived and presented, misrepresented and misunderstood, in the five centuries since Columbus first crossed the Atlantic. This book is a unique and provocative synthesis of ideas and themes that were for generations debated or perpetuated without question in academic and popular circles. The 2003 edition became the foundation stone of a scholarly turn since called The New Conquest History. Each of the book's seven chapters describes one "myth," or one aspect of the Conquest that has been distorted or misrepresented, examines its roots, and explodes its fallacies and misconceptions. Using a wide array of primary and secondary sources, written in a scholarly but readable style, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest explains why Columbus did not set out to prove the world was round, the conquistadors were not soldiers, the native Americans did not take them for gods, Cortés did not have a unique vision of conquest procedure, and handfuls of vastly outnumbered Spaniards did not bring down great empires with stunning rapidity. Conquest realities were more complex--and far more fascinating--than conventional histories have related, and they featured a more diverse cast of protagonists-Spanish, Native American, and African. This updated edition of a key event in the history of the Americas critically examines the book's arguments, how they have held up, and why they prompted the rise of a New Conquest History.
