Invading Guatemala - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Invading Guatemala write by Matthew Restall. This book was released on 2007. Invading Guatemala available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The invasions of Guatemala -- Pedro de Alvarado's letters to Hernando Cortes, 1524 -- Other Spanish accounts -- Nahua accounts -- Maya accounts
Conquered Conquistadors
Conquered Conquistadors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conquered Conquistadors write by Florine Asselbergs. This book was released on 2008-08-31. Conquered Conquistadors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Conquered Conquistadors, Florine Asselbergs reveals that a large pictorial map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, long thought to represent a series of battles in central Mexico, was actually painted in the 1530s by Quauhquecholteca warriors to document their invasion of Guatemala alongside the Spanish and to proclaim themselves as conquistadors. This painting is the oldest known map of Guatemala and a rare document of the experiences of indigenous conquistadors. The people of the Nahua community of Quauhquechollan (present-day San Martín Huaquechula), in central Mexico, allied with Cortés during the Spanish-Aztec War and were assigned to the Spanish conquistador Jorge de Alvarado. De Alvarado and his allies, including the Quauhquecholteca and thousands of other indigenous warriors, set off for Guatemala in 1527 to start a campaign against the Maya. The few Quauhquecholteca who lived to tell the story recorded their travels and eventual victory on the huge cloth map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan. Conquered Conquistadors, published in a European edition in 2004, overturned conventional views of the European conquest of indigenous cultures. American historians and anthropologists will relish this new edition and Asselbergs's astute analysis, which includes context, interpretation, and comparison with other pictographic accounts of the "Spanish" conquest. This heavily illustrated edition includes an insert reproduction of the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan.
Invading Colombia
Invading Colombia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Invading Colombia write by J. Michael Francis. This book was released on 2015-11-02. Invading Colombia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In early April 1536, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep into the interior of what is today modern Colombia. With roughly eight hundred Spaniards and numerous native carriers and black slaves, the Jiménez expedition was larger than the combined forces under Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro. Over the course of the one-year campaign, nearly three-quarters of Jiménez’s men perished, most from illness and hunger. Yet, for the 179 survivors, the expedition proved to be one of the most profitable campaigns of the sixteenth century. Unfortunately, the history of the Spanish conquest of Colombia remains virtually unknown. Through a series of firsthand primary accounts, translated into English for the first time, Invading Colombia reconstructs the compelling tale of the Jiménez expedition, the early stages of the Spanish conquest of Muisca territory, and the foundation of the city of Santa Fé de Bogotá. We follow the expedition from the Canary Islands to Santa Marta, up the Magdalena River, and finally into Colombia’s eastern highlands. These highly engaging accounts not only challenge many current assumptions about the nature of Spanish conquests in the New World, but they also reveal a richly entertaining, yet tragic, tale that rivals the great conquest narratives of Mexico and Peru.
The Guatemala Reader
The Guatemala Reader - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Guatemala Reader write by Greg Grandin. This book was released on 2011-10-31. The Guatemala Reader available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. DIVAn interdisciplinary anthology on the largest, most populous nation in Central America, covering Guatemalan history, culture, literature and politics and containing many primary sources not previously published in English./div
Communist Aggression in Latin America
Communist Aggression in Latin America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Communist Aggression in Latin America write by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Communist Aggression. This book was released on 1954. Communist Aggression in Latin America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
