Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest, Hardcover - Fernando Cervantes

Reducere. A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propel...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Fernando CervantesNumber of pages: 512Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 31Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. Between 1539 and 1542, two thousand indigenous Mexicans, led by Spanish explorers, made an armed reconnaissance of what is now the American Southwe...

Reducere. A major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts Previous accounts of the fall...

Reducere. Bernal D az del Castillo (14951584) served under Cort s through the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative is both an invaluable document and a...

A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066.

Sword of Empire: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas from Columbus to Cortés, 1492-1529 is, by design, an approachable and accessible history of s...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Paul E. CeruzziIllustration(s): 88 figuresNumber of pages: 536Collection: History of ComputingPublication date: ...

DescriptionCombining a fascinating, thought-provoking and - above all - readable text with over 800 photographs, plans, and sections, this exciting...

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as "wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding" ...

A study of the first encounters between Spanish explorers and the indigenous tribes of the Americas, this work focuses on the life and times of Fra...

Reducere. DescriptionTanzania, the land and the people have been subject of a great deal of historical research, but there remains no readily accessible and ...

In this illuminating work of history, Shlaes follows the struggles of those now forgotten people, from a family of butchers in Brooklyn who dealt a...

Reducere. 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 ...

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

From one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, an innovative and comprehensive account of religion in the ancient Roman and Mediterran...

A global history of self-taught artists advocating for a nuanced understanding of modern and contemporary art often challenged by the establishment...

DescriptionCalifornia's early history was both colorful and turbulent. After Europeans first explored the region in the sixteenth century, it was c...

Reducere. The word "German" was being used by the Romans as early as the mid-first century B.C. to describe tribes in the eastern Rhine valley. Nearly two th...

Reducere. Told in easy-to-understand language with helpful timelines and selections from historical writings, this engaging new introduction will appeal espe...

Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Panikos PanayiIllustration(s): 32 b-w illus.Number of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x ...

Presenting the history of Western philosophy, this book charts the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through t...

Reducere. "An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of history with elegance and panache."--Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore His...

Reducere. Surviving Conquest is a history of the Yavapai Indians, who have lived for centuries in central Arizona. Although primarily concerned with survival...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Norman Conquest, then pay attention...The year 1066 CE is one of the largest turning points ...

In November 1519, Hernando Cort�s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That st...

The second volume of the leading military historian's account of the liberation of Europe across the final years of the war, from D-Day forward.

Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most i...

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Kate HeslopIllustration(s): 10 color illustrationsNumber of pages: 288Collection: Fordham Series in M...

An illuminating new biography of one of Britain's biggest and most influential bands, written with the full input and cooperation of Simple Minds, ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): David WengrowNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 36Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. Saint Gregory of Tours' comprehensive history of the Frankish people, who ruled over much of what is modern-day France and Germany, is published he...