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Eldorado and the Quest for Fortune and Glory in South America

Author : Peter O. Koch
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476642540
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Eldorado and the Quest for Fortune and Glory in South America written by Peter O. Koch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the origin of the legend of El Dorado and the various expeditions that set out to locate that mysterious land of untold wealth in South America. Motivated by both fanciful rumors of a golden city ruled by a man who coated himself daily with gold dust, and the more practical allure of a region abundant in cinnamon trees (a spice that was worth its weight in gold to Europeans), many conquistadors convinced themselves that another native empire awaited their conquest. These quests for fortune and glory would lead to an encounter with fierce female warriors who were believed to be the Amazons of ancient Greek lore, and the discovery of the mighty river later named for the legendary Amazon tribe. The first half of this book details the lesser-known accounts of German interest in locating the wealth of a golden kingdom called Xerira and an elusive passage at Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo which supposedly led to the Pacific Ocean. The second section focuses on the various Spanish efforts to discover El Dorado, each of which was eventually doomed to despair, disappointment, and death.

Colombia

Author : Sarah Woods
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1841629219
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Colombia written by Sarah Woods and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to Colombia reflects the resurgence of the country among travellers following years of lawlessness. With a strong focus on the country's cultural attractions, it will appeal to visitors seeking to discover Colombia's renowned flora and fauna, as well as its historic colonial cities, and its range of eco-tourism initiatives

The Men of Cajamarca

Author : James Lockhart
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292761171
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Men of Cajamarca written by James Lockhart and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1532, a group of 168 Spaniards seized the Inca emperor Atahuallpa in the town of Cajamarca, in the northern Peruvian highlands. Their act, quickly taken as a symbol of the conquest of a vast empire, brought them unprecedented rewards in gold and silver; it made them celebrities, gave them first choice of positions of honor and power in the new Peru of the Spaniards, and opened up the possibility of a splendid life at home in Spain, if they so desired. Thus they became men of consequence, at the epicenter of a swift and irrevocable transformation of the Andean region. Yet before that memorable day in Cajamarca they had been quite unexceptional, a reasonable sampling of Spaniards on expeditions all over the Indies at the time of the great conquests. The Men of Cajamarca is perhaps the fullest treatment yet published of any group of early Spaniards in America. Part I examines general types, characteristics, and processes visible in the group as representative Spanish immigrants, central to the establishment of a Spanish presence in the New World’s richest land. The intention is to contribute to a changing image of the Spanish conqueror, a man motivated more by pragmatic self-interest than by any love of adventure, capable and versatile as often as illiterate and rough. Aiming at permanence more than new landfalls, these men created the governmental units and settlement distribution of much of Spanish America and set lasting patterns for a new society. Part II contains the men’s individual biographies, ranging from a few lines for the most obscure to many pages of analysis for the best-documented figures. The author traces the lives of the men to their beginnings in Spain and follows their careers after the episode in Cajamarca.

The Politics of Memory

Author : Joanne Rappaport
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521373456
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Memory written by Joanne Rappaport and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990-06-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconsidering the predominantly mythic status of non-Western historical narrative, Rappaport identifies the political realities that influenced the form and content of Andean history, revealing the distinct historical vision of these stories. Because of her examination of the influences of literacy in the creation of history, Rappaport's analysis makes a special contribution to Latin American and Andean studies, solidly grounding subaltern texts in their sociopolitical contexts. -- Amazon.

Indians, Oil, and Politics

Author : Allen Gerlach
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 146166554X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Indians, Oil, and Politics written by Allen Gerlach and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is indispensable that Ecuador has peace, but to have peace you need freedom and to have freedom you need justice. And the Indian population needs justice."-President Gustavo Noboa, January 23, 2000 For five centuries, the Indians had very little voice in Ecuador. Now they are major protagonists who seek more acceptable terms in which to coexist in a society with two vastly different world views and cultures-that of Indians and that of the descendants of Europeans. Their recent political uprising has become the most powerful and influential indigenous movement in Latin America. They have inspired other Indian movements throughout the continent. Author Allen Gerlach details the origins and evolution of the Indian rebellion, focusing on the key period of the last thirty years. In the process, he also presents a concise political history of Ecuador. Gerlach infuses his text with an abundant supply of quotations from participants in the rise in ethnic politics, bringing Ecuador's history and the Indians' opposition to the country's government to life. In addition, Indians, Oil, and Politics serves as a case study on what happens to a nation when its economy is based solely on one commodity-in this instance, oil. The discovery of oil in the Amazon in 1967 was a major factor in Ecuador's modernization and also sparked the Indians' fight for their rights. Oil wealth wreaked havoc on the environment and cultures of the native people of the Amazon, and it did not end old traditions of political fragmentation and corruption. Gerlach explains that the Indians fought back by forming federations to advance their interests and by joining forces with similar structures molded in the highlands of Ecuador. Together they created the country's first truly national indigenous organization in 1986-CONAIE (The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador)-and by 2000 their movement was a major force to be reckoned with, one which increasingly influenced state policy. This book shows how the Indians he

Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador

Author : Linda A. Newson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806126975
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador written by Linda A. Newson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historical demography for 16th- and 17th-century Ecuador. The book's regional framework reveals major differences in mortality rates. Calculates that depopulation in the Sierra during the 16th century was four times that of the Coast"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Where We Come from

Author : Roy A. Archuleta
Publisher : WHERE WE COME FROM,COLLECT.
ISBN 13 : 1424304725
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Where We Come from written by Roy A. Archuleta and published by WHERE WE COME FROM,COLLECT.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archuleta families in Spain and the American Southwest. The author's ancestor is Jose Damian Archuleta, who was born in about 1754. He married Juana Micaela Salazar 29 January 1772 in Santa Cruz, New Mexico. Includes general historical background for Hispanic American families.

Inca

Author : Suzanne Allés Blom
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466836865
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Inca written by Suzanne Allés Blom and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-12-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1500s, Spanish Conquistadores sought to subjugate the Incan Empire and loot it of its gold. Among the Incas facing them was Atahualpa--Exemplary Fortune-the self-assured (some would say arrogant) son of the Incan Emperor. It is Atahualpa's task to discover the purpose of the strange ship which has come to their shores, and uncover the threat posed by the invaders. But there are other threats closer to home. Atahualpa's Incan enemies believe that the prince is an even greater danger to their civilization than the Spanish. They stand in the way of Atahualpa's plans to save the Inca from a barbarous nation with weapons more terrifying than either can imagine. He will not cease in his quest to warn an unbelieving empire. If he fails, his civilization will be destroyed and the Inca bound into eternal servitude. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Women in exile in early modern Europe and the Americas

Author : Linda Levy Peck
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526175339
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Women in exile in early modern Europe and the Americas written by Linda Levy Peck and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exile, its pain and possibility, is the starting point of this book. Women’s experience of exile was often different from that of men, yet it has not received the important attention it deserves. Women in exile in early modern Europe and the Americas addresses that lacuna through a wide-ranging geographical, chronological, social and cultural approach. Whether powerful, well-to-do or impoverished, exiled by force or choice, every woman faced the question of how to reconstruct her life in a new place. These essays focus on women’s agency despite the pressures created by political, economic and social dislocation. Collectively, they demonstrate how these women from different countries, continents and status groups not only survived but also in many cases thrived. This analysis of early modern women’s experiences not only provides a new vantage point from which to enrich the study of exile but also contributes important new scholarship to the history of women.

Travels into Chile, over the Andes

Author : Peter Schmidtmeyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Travels into Chile, over the Andes written by Peter Schmidtmeyer and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Travels Into Chile, Over the Andes, in the Years 1820 and 1821,

Author : Peter Schmidtmeyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Travels Into Chile, Over the Andes, in the Years 1820 and 1821, written by Peter Schmidtmeyer and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America

Author : Cortes Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America written by Cortes Society and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Spain to Texas

Author : Reginald Zepeda
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479770086
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book From Spain to Texas written by Reginald Zepeda and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book about the Cepeda Family was written not to document history or historical events, but to place a timeline history and genealogy around the name Cepeda. Author Reginald Zepedas purpose for this book is to unlock the secrets of his familys past and to share with others, whether related directly or indirectly, the history and genealogy of the Zepedas in Texas. In seeking the truth of his heritage, he delves into the distant past, beginning with ancient Spain and the origins of the Basque people, and then moving forward to the Spanish conquest of the New World. As reward for spreading God, and bringing back Gold and Glory to the Crown, the conquistadores were given a share of these annexed lands. Among them were the Cepedas, who would find their fortunes in the Americas, in Mexico and, ultimately, in Texas. Reginald chronicles the journey of his ancestors From Spain to Texas, and how their line spread and how their lives intersected with the course of history. Conquests, miracles, hardships and fortunes, all were experienced by their distinguished line through the ages, as the fruits of their undertakings were passed down from generation to generation. Now, after painstaking research, Reginald presents a compendium that proudly displays his familys exploits, lineage, and identity, for the inheritors of a legacy spanning centuries the next generation of Cepedas.

The Politics of Memory

Author : Michael M. Tavuzzi
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822319726
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Memory written by Michael M. Tavuzzi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a culture in which writing is not a prominent feature create historical tradition? Researcher Joanne Rappaport answers the question by tracing the past three centuries of intellectual history of the Nasa--a community in the Colombian Andes. Originally published in 1990 but of continuing interest to all scholars of Latin America. 21 illustrations.

Bulletin of the Pan American Union

Author : Pan American Union
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Pan American Union written by Pan American Union and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Dictionary of Ecuador

Author : George M. Lauderbaugh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538102463
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Ecuador written by George M. Lauderbaugh and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a country the size of Colorado one can explore snow-capped mountain peaks, tropical rainforests and coastal beaches. These three continental regions also offer a variety of flora and fauna that are a dream come true to the botanist, zoologist and ornithologist. The famous Galápagos Islands provide an additional living laboratory for the natural scientist. The ethnographer and sociologist will be fascinated by the diversity of Ecuador’s people and one could spend a lifetime studying the plethora of distinct ethnic, racial and linguistic groups. Students of economics will find an interesting case study of a mono-cultural economy that uses the U.S. dollar and avoids some of the pitfalls that other Latin American countries suffer from. Ecuador’s rich traditions in art, music, literature and architecture are a draw to scholars interested in culture. Ecuador has been described by one author as a “country of contrasts.” This is indeed an apt description of Ecuador’s geography and peoples. It also partially explains the nation’s traditional lack of political cohesion, which has plagued its quest for stability and development. Historical Dictionary of Ecuador contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Ecuador.

The Rough Guide to Ecuador

Author : Harry Adès
Publisher : Rough Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781843531098
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Ecuador written by Harry Adès and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to options in all price ranges for dining and accommodations, this guide features practical information on Ecuador's history, culture, indigenous peoples, and environmental issues. of color photos. 44 maps.