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Author |
: Si Sheppard |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 97 |
Release |
: 2021-12-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472843784 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472843789 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cuzco 1536–37 by : Si Sheppard
A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vast Inca Empire. In April 1532 a bloody civil war between two brothers ended with one of them, Atahualpa, as master of the mighty Inca Empire. Now the most powerful man in South America, his word was law for millions of subjects spread across thousands of square miles, from the parched deserts of the coast to the lush rainforest of the Amazon and along the spine of the soaring Andes Mountains. But the time of the Incas was coming to an end. In November of that year a handful of Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro seized Atahualpa at Cajamarca, extorted his treasure, murdered him, and then marched on the Inca capital Cuzco to elevate a puppet, Manco, to the vacant throne. In 1536, however, Manco roused his people against the intruders, and the Spaniards found themselves isolated and fighting for their lives. This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book brings to life the background to and progress of the desperate 10-month siege of Cuzco; the opposing commanders, their fighting men, tactics, and military technologies; the key clashes, from Sacsayhuamán to Ollantaytambo; and how the outcome shaped our world today.
Author |
: Si Sheppard |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 97 |
Release |
: 2021-12-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472843814 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472843819 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cuzco 1536–37 by : Si Sheppard
A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vast Inca Empire. In April 1532 a bloody civil war between two brothers ended with one of them, Atahualpa, as master of the mighty Inca Empire. Now the most powerful man in South America, his word was law for millions of subjects spread across thousands of square miles, from the parched deserts of the coast to the lush rainforest of the Amazon and along the spine of the soaring Andes Mountains. But the time of the Incas was coming to an end. In November of that year a handful of Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro seized Atahualpa at Cajamarca, extorted his treasure, murdered him, and then marched on the Inca capital Cuzco to elevate a puppet, Manco, to the vacant throne. In 1536, however, Manco roused his people against the intruders, and the Spaniards found themselves isolated and fighting for their lives. This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book brings to life the background to and progress of the desperate 10-month siege of Cuzco; the opposing commanders, their fighting men, tactics, and military technologies; the key clashes, from Sacsayhuamán to Ollantaytambo; and how the outcome shaped our world today.
Author |
: Professor Dennis Showalter |
Publisher |
: Amber Books Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2013-09-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782741213 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782741216 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Early Modern Wars 1500–1775 by : Professor Dennis Showalter
The Early Modern Wars 1500–1775 – the third volume in the Encyclopedia of Warfare Series – includes the wars of the Ottoman Empire, the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) that decimated much of central Europe and the Seven Years’ War and many more.
Author |
: Si Sheppard |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 97 |
Release |
: 2018-05-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472820198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472820193 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tenochtitlan 1519–21 by : Si Sheppard
In 1519, the Conquistador Hernán Cortés landed on the mainland of the Americas. His quest to serve God, win gold, and achieve glory drove him into the heartland of what is now Mexico, where no European had ever set foot before. He marched towards to the majestic city of Tenochtitlan, floating like a jewel in the midst of Lake Texcoco. This encounter brought together cultures that had hitherto evolved in complete isolation from each other – Catholic Spain and the Aztec Empire. What ensued was the swift escalation from a clash of civilizations to a war of the worlds. At the conclusion of the Conquistador campaign of 1519–21, Tenochtitlan lay in ruins, the last Aztec Emperor was in chains, and Spanish authority over the native peoples had been definitively asserted. With the colourful personalities – Cortés, Malinche, Pedro Alvarez, Cuitláhuac, Cuauhtémoc – driving the narrative, and the vivid differences in uniforms, weapons, and fighting styles between the rival armies (displayed using stunning specially commissioned artwork), this is the fascinating story of the collapse of the Aztec Empire.
Author |
: Geoffrey Parker |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 605 |
Release |
: 2020-06-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107181595 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107181593 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge History of Warfare by : Geoffrey Parker
The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in classical Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the twenty-first century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
Author |
: Geoffrey Parker |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 452 |
Release |
: 2008-09-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521738067 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521738064 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare by : Geoffrey Parker
Now available in a revised and updated version, this book examines Western warfare from antiquity to the present day.
Author |
: Pedro de Cieza de Leon |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 522 |
Release |
: 1999-02-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822382508 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822382504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Discovery and Conquest of Peru by : Pedro de Cieza de Leon
Dazzled by the sight of the vast treasure of gold and silver being unloaded at Seville’s docks in 1537, a teenaged Pedro de Cieza de León vowed to join the Spanish effort in the New World, become an explorer, and write what would become the earliest historical account of the conquest of Peru. Available for the first time in English, this history of Peru is based largely on interviews with Cieza’s conquistador compatriates, as well as with Indian informants knowledgeable of the Incan past. Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook present this recently discovered third book of a four-part chronicle that provides the most thorough and definitive record of the birth of modern Andean America. It describes with unparalleled detail the exploration of the Pacific coast of South America led by Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro, the imprisonment and death of the Inca Atahualpa, the Indian resistance, and the ultimate Spanish domination. Students and scholars of Latin American history and conquest narratives will welcome the publication of this volume.
Author |
: Hugh Chisholm |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1056 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X030221840 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Encyclopædia Britannica by : Hugh Chisholm
Author |
: John Hemming |
Publisher |
: Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages |
: 522 |
Release |
: 2009-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780500771242 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0500771243 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon by : John Hemming
“In his long career of exploration and scholarship, Hemming has become a powerful advocate for the Amazon.”—The New York Times, John Hemming Amazonia is one of the most magnificent habitats on earth. Containing the world’s largest river, with more water and a broader basin than any other, it hosts a great expanse of tropical rain forest, home to the planet’s most luxuriant biological diversity. The human beings who settled in the region 10,000 years ago learned to live well with its bounty of fish, game, and vegetation. It was not until 1500 that Europeans first saw the Amazon, and, unsurprisingly, the rain forest’s unique environment has attracted larger-than-life personalities through the centuries. John Hemming recalls the adventures and misadventures of intrepid explorers, fervent Jesuit ecclesiastics, and greedy rubber barons who enslaved thousands of Indians in the relentless quest for profit. He also tells of nineteenth-century botanists, fearless advocates for Indian rights, and the archaeologists and anthropologists who have uncovered the secrets of the Amazon’s earliest settlers. Hemming discusses the current threat to Amazonia as forests are destroyed to feed the world’s appetite for timber, beef, and soybeans, and he vividly describes the passionate struggles taking place in order to utilize, protect, and understand the Amazon.
Author |
: Clifford J Rogers |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2018-10-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429964817 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429964811 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Military Revolution Debate by : Clifford J Rogers
This book brings together, for the first time, the classic articles that began and have shaped the debate about the Military Revolution in early modern Europe, adding important new essays by eminent historians of early modern Europe to further this important scholarly interchange.