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Conquistador - kŏnkwĭsˈtədôr, Span. kōng-kēˌstäthôrˈ, military leader in the Spanish conquest of the New World in the 16th cent. Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of Peru, and Hernán Cortés, the conqueror of Mexico, were the greatest of the conquistadors. The name is frequently used to mean any daring


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    The Spanish Conquistadores » Read Now

    by F. A. Kirkpatrick. 370 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
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    The Origins of Violence in Mexican Society (Chap. 9 "Warfare in the Age of the Conquistador") » Read Now

    by Christina Jacqueline Johns. 228 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Establishes the interconnections between the economic structure and state violence in Aztec and Conquest Mexico from pre-contact to present-day patterns of state organized crime.
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    Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest » Read Now

    by Matthew Restall. 218 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    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...
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    The Hernando De Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and "Discovery" in the Southeast » Read Now

    by Patricia Galloway. 466 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    From 1539 to 1542, Hernando de Soto and several hundred men cut a path of destruction and disease across the Southeast of America. These multidisciplinary essays investigate the cultural and literary impact of this expedition on the native American societies they encountered.
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    De Soto and the Conquistadores » Read Now

    by Theodore Maynard. 306 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
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    Coronado, Knight of Pueblos and Plains » Read Now

    by Herbert E. Bolton. 504 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
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    Conquistador in Chains: Cabeza De Vaca and the Indians of the Americas » Read Now

    by David A. Howard. 264 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...The current image of the Spanish conquest of America and of the conquistadores who carried it out is one of destruction and oppression. One conquistador does not fit that...
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    The Last of the Conquistadors, Junipero Serra, 1713-1784 » Read Now

    by Omer Englebert, Katherine Woods. 374 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
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    Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975 » Read Now

    by James S. Olson, Sam L. Slick, Samuel Freeman, Virginia Garrard Burnett, Fred Koestler. 710 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This authoritative reference book looks at the process by which Spain extended its influence throughout the modern world. It provides more than 1,200 brief descriptive essays covering colonies, individuals, political institutions, legislation, treaties, conferences, wars, revolutions, technologies...

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