Author: Girolamo BenzoniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
History of the New World
Author: Girolamo BenzoniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
History of the New World
Author: Girolamo BenzoniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
History of the New World
Author: Girolamo BenzoniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The history of the New World, tr., with notes by the translator
Author: Juan Bautista Muñoz y FerrandisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
History of the New World
Author: Girolamo BenzoniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The History of the New World
Author: Juan Bautista MuñozPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The History of the New World
Author: Girolamo BenzoniPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271079258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The History of the New World is an abridged, unique English translation of sixteenth-century Italian merchant Girolamo Benzoni’s popular account of his adventures in the Americas and the Spanish colonies. First published in Venice in 1565, Benzoni’s book was an immediate best seller and available in at least five languages before the end of the century. It spanned the years 1541–56, providing detailed descriptions of native flora and fauna, exciting narration of harrowing exploits, and a surprisingly critical perspective on the expanding Spanish Empire’s methods of conquest and governance, in which Benzoni highlighted the struggles of indigenous peoples. This edition follows the three-book structure of the original account but focuses on Benzoni’s own experiences, omitting episodes to which he was not a witness and excising repetition and hyperbolic hearsay. The first English-language version published since 1847, this volume includes an informative introduction and annotations that situate Benzoni and his fascinating writings in the larger context of Spanish colonial conquest. Perfect for classroom use, this is a lively, vivid firsthand account of the adventure and wonder of the New World.
A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752510161
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
Dictionary of Books relating to America
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375019920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
1491 (Second Edition)
Author: Charles C. MannPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307278182
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.