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Conquistadors / Michael Wood.
LIBRA - Special E123 .W66 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Michael, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- America.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Latin America--History--To 1600.
- Latin America.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- 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. Full-color illustrations.
- Contents:
- 1 Cortes and Montezuma
- 2 The War of the Worlds
- 3 The Conquest of the Incas
- 4 The Great War of the Incas
- 5 El Dorado: The Journey of Francisco Orellana
- 6 The Adventure of Cabeza de Vaca.
- Notes:
- Published to accompany BBC television series, Conquistadors.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520230647
- OCLC:
- 46621628
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