About this title: The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century was one of the most cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions had to endure the most unbelievable hardships to open up the lands of the New World. Few stories, if any, in history match these for sheer drama, endurance and distances covered. In Conquistadors Michael Wood travels ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BBC Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780563551164ISBN:056355116X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BBC BOOKS
Date Published: 2000
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BBC BOOKS
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780563551164ISBN:056355116X
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Publisher: BBC Books
Date Published: 2000
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520230644ISBN:0520230647
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780520230644ISBN:0520230647
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BBC Books
Date Published: 23/11/2000
ISBN-13:9780563551164ISBN:056355116X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 11-4-02
ISBN-13:9780520236912ISBN:0520236912
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BBC Books
Date Published: 23/11/2000
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BBC Books, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780563551164ISBN:056355116X
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By Pete,
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"I think I've read all of Michael Wood's books now. His style of writing is a constant throughout. The reader is taken on an expedition, in the footsteps of...'and here even today the place where such and such did whatever'. In Conquistadors Woody takes us back-packing in the tracks of Cortes into the heart of the Aztec New World. We break camp at dawn to set off in pursuit of Francisco Pizarro's clan, to follow the conquest of the Incas in Peru. We then trek the Andes mountain passes in search of 'El Dorado' with Francisco Orellana, trecking across South America from West to East, sailing down the Amazon to find the South Atlantic Ocean. Finally we are shipwrecked with Cabeza de Vaca in Texas and find his eight year long trail into Mexico and West of the Sierra Madre. Cabeza de Vaca lived with the native Indians and learned their languages. He even learned to heal the sick and raise the dead and gathered many Indian followers who travelled with him. As an introduction to the Spanish New World, for me, this book is rich in it's appreciation of the rich South American cultures and native societies at the start of the sixteenth century. My head is spinning and my legs ache after reading this excellent book, where Michael Wood also manages to engage us with the moral legacy of the Conquistadors and asks questions of our views of history, civilization, justice and human rights."
"Michael Wood's study of the Spanish Conquest may not be authoritative, but it is entertaining, readable and thought provoking. A written version (with pictures and maps, hurray) of the BBC mini series, it's really quite good. But, like all the BBC productions, it predictably takes the British self-loathing view of Western culture. This isn't bad history per se, but becomes so when you start painting overly rosy pictures of pre-conquest American society."
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