Armies
of the Sixteenth Century: The Armies of the Aztec and Inca Empires, Other
Native Peoples of the Americas, and the Conquistadores 1450-1608 (Armies
of the Sixteenth Century)
by Ian Heath
Hardcover from Foundry Books
Book Published: February, 2002
Conquistadores,
Piratas, Mercaderes: La Saga De La Plata Espanola
by Ricardo Gonzalez, Carlo M. Cipolla
Paperback from Fondo de Cultura Económica de Argentina
Book Published: December, 2001
Conquistadors
by Michael Wood
"Staggering brutality, heroism and endurance, and immeasurable greed",
is the stuff of this 16th-century saga of the cultured Aztecs and Incas
in their tribulation with the barbarous Spanish, as told by Michael Wood.
He affirms these adventures were "Less of a journey more of a miracle",
and certainly the Conquistadors battling through unexplored forests, paddling
uncharted rivers, succumbing to altitude and starvation, and perpetrating
torture and murder in the search for El Dorado is supernormal if not supernatural.
Not satisfied by early finds of gold, these acquisitive prototype guerrillas
drove ever on in their determination and desire for more, always at the
cost of lives, even including their own relatives.
Complementary to the recent television series in which Michael Wood
travelled the routes taken through South and Central America by Cortes,
Francisco and Gonzalo Pizzaro, and Amazon journey of Orellana, his concise
visualisation and description of the destructive schemes, actions and violence
of the Conquistadors, the suffering of their bearers, the impact of smallpox
and the breathtakingly beautiful terrain of the Peruvian landscape... --Lyn
Took - Amazon.co.uk
Retracing the path of the conquistadors from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca,
and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu, the
author describes the dramatic events that accompanied the epic 16th century
Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. Powells.com
Hardcover - 288 pages (May 2001)
University of California Press; ISBN: 052023064
Conquistadors
by Michael Wood
Paperback from University of California Press
Book Published: 04 November, 2002 |
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Cortes
and Montezuma
by Maurice Collis
(Paperback)
Conquest
: Montezuma, Cortes, and the Fall of Old Mexico
by Hugh Thomas
Paperback Reprint edition (April 1995)
Touchstone Books; ISBN: 0671511041
The
Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521
by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, et al
(Paperback - April 1996)
Daughters
of the Conquistadores: Women of the Viceroyalty of Peru
by Luis Martin
Paperback from Southern Methodist Univ Pr
Book Published: September, 1989
The
Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521
by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Hugh Thomas (Introduction)
Paperback - 478 pages (April 1996)
Da Capo Pr; ISBN: 0306806975
Five
Letters/1519-1526
by Hernando Cortes, et al
(Paperback - September 1991)
Francisco
Pizarro and His Brothers : The Illusion of Power in Sixteenth-Century Peru
by Rafael Varon Gabai, et al
(Hardcover - April 1997)
Francisco
Pizarro (Famous Explorers)
by Jeff Donaldson-Forbes
(Library Binding - August 2002)
Francisco
Pizarro and the Conquest of the Inca (Explorers of New Worlds)
by Gina Deangelis
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding - 64 pages (November 2000)
Chelsea House Pub (Library); ISBN: 0791059510
The
Gold of Quivira : A Story of Spanish Conquistadores on the Great Plains
by Anthony J Ph. D. Barak
Book Description: Shortly after the sacking of Mexico by the Spaniards,
the leaders of New Spain heard many rumors of the riches existing in the
vast area north of Mexico. In both 1540 and 1599, the viceroy of Mexico
formed very large armies to march to the north and find and loot the wealth
from areas reputed to being very rich. Francisco Coronado headed the first
expedition, but in Cibola and Quivira found the Indians to be very poor
and living in skin lodges. Coronado returned to Mexico in great disgrace.
Despite the Coronado failures, the Spanish leaders still believed that
Quivira possessed rich gold mines. They commissioned Juan de Onaté to
lead another expensive expedition to investigate the area. Upon reaching
Quivira, Onaté met the same fate as Coronado. He found no gold and had
to retreat in ignominious defeat. In spite of the failings of Onaté,
the men of his expedition had a great interplay with the Indians of Quivira.
On one occasion, they helped defend the Pawnee Indians from the Comanche
tribe.
So great was the Spaniard quest for gold, that 180 years after Coronado,
the Spaniards under Don Pedro de Villasur again invaded Quivira. At this
late date under the influence of the French, the Oto and Pawnee attacked
the Spaniards along the Platte River and decimated their army. This defeat
then spelled the end of the Spanish power on the Great Plains.
Paperback from Writers Club Press
Book Published: August, 2000 |
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The
Indian Chronicles
by Jose Barreiro
An historical novel on the early history of Spanish conquest in the
Caribbean.
(Hardcover - September 1993)
The
Last Inca Atahualpa : An Eyewitness Account of the Conquest of Peru in
1535
by Ruth Norman, Charles Spaegel
Hardcover (March 1993)
Unarius Pubns; ISBN: 093509718X
Letters
from Mexico
by Hernan Cortes, et al
(Paperback - January 1987)
History
of the Conquest of Mexico & History of the Conquest of Peru
by William Hickling Prescott
Written by one of the great epic historians of the Americas, and here
available in one volume, these two works represent both a triumph over
personal adversity (the author's blindness) and an unsparing saga of religious
imperialism, of Cortes's and Pizarro's brutal victories over the Aztec
and Incan nations, and of the establishment of the Spanish empire over
the ruins of their once-mighty civilizations. The Publisher
Paperback - 1330 pages Reprint edition (November 2000)
Cooper Square Press; ISBN: 0815410042
History
of the Conquest of Mexico (Modern Library Classics)
by William Hickling Prescott
(Paperback - December 2001)
Pizarro,
Orellana, and the Exploration of the Amazon (World Explorers)
by Brendon Bernhard, et al
(Library Binding - December 1991)
A
Short Account of the Destruction of the West Indies
by Bartolome De Las Casas, et al
In 1542, after years of witnessing Indian suffering and slavery, Bartolome
de Las Casas wrote this indictment against European exploitation and mistreatment
of the native peoples of the New World. The document was dedicated to Prince
Philip of Spain and appeared in published form in 1552. It carries all
the urgency of a moment in history when it still seemed possible to reverse
the tide. Ingram.
Paperback: 143 pages
Penguin USA; ISBN: 0140445625; 1 edition (September 8,
1999)
Travels
of Francisco Pizarro (Explorers and Exploration)
by Lara Rice Bergen, Patrick O'Brien (Illustrator)
(Library Binding - June 2000)
Voice of the Vanquished : The Story of the Slave Marina and Hernan
Cortes
by Helen Heightsman Gordon
(Paperback - June 1995)
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Who's
Who of the Conquistadors
by Hugh Thomas
Hardcover - 464 pages (October 1, 2000)
Cassell Academic; ISBN: 0304353280
Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America
by John Charles Chasteen
Hardcover - 320 pages (November 2000)
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393050483
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The Gift of Estevan: Black Comrade of Conquistadors
by Richard E. Harris
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