- History, Nonfiction, Historiography, Spaniards
Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortes,and Pizarro.
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Cool, earnest, classical in form and plot-driven.
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- Author
- Matthew Restall
- First published
- July 24, 2003
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, USA
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195160772
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“One of the great themes of historical literature over the past five centuries has been the assessment of the European discovery of the Americas as one of the two greatest events in human history.”
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