Traces the careers and conquests of cortez and pizarro in elaborate, colorful, welldocumented detail. The very short introductions series from oxford university press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. This is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
Among the cities in mexico, monterrey has a mystique all its own marked by the enduring jewish question regarding its founding in 1596. Sorrow of the earth is the first of his titles to be translated into english. They destroyed temples, melted down golden works of art, and burned native books and codices. The conquistadors is a fourpart series airing on pbs in spring 2001. Something i always wanted to know more about, and this book filled my curiosity, and then some. Peru was conquered by francisco pizarro and diego del almagro, which began in 1531. Written by himself containing a true and full account of the discovery and conquest of mexico and new spain volume 1 by del castillo, bernal diaz and john ingram lockhart nov, 2016. List of books and articles about conquistadors online research. His books include conquistadors winner of the ignatius j. Great book on the conquest of the aztecs and incas. Conquistadors the spanish explorers and the discovery of the new world. Among the soldiers of spanish conquistador hernan cortes, casca alias carlos romano returns to the savage land to seek revenge on the priests who once ripped the. Conquistadors is in the usual format familiar from woods book on alexander.
It is a story of battles and voyages, full of strange episodes cortes. First the trojan war, then the eras of alexander the great and king arthur. Books such as the travels of marco polo fuelled rumours of mythical places. List of books and articles about conquistadors online. Following in the footsteps of the greatest spanish adventurers, michael wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from amazonia to lake titicaca, and from the deserts of north mexico to the heights of machu picchu. Conquistadors by michael wood paperback university of. The conquistadors 1969 hardback by hammond innes by hammond innes and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The memoirs of the conquistador bernal diaz del castillo. The knowlegde and obvious love the writer has for the subject shows on every. Its point of divergence occurs when the empire of alexander the great endures long after alexanders death, creating a markedly different history that prevents the european conquest of the americas. Most of the story is set in the parallel universe affected by this history.
Conquistadors by michael wood is the companion book to the bbcpbs series of the same name. I consider the conquistadors to us be oe eithef littlr te o members of the international society for the comparative study of civilizations or to historians of the americas. The contrast with pizzaro is significant, and the second half of the book is devoted to pizzaros conquest of the incas. They changed the course of history, but the myth they established was even stranger.
Hernan cortes, king montezuma, and the last stand of the aztec is the riveting and vivid account of cortes and his brutal conquest of the aztec empire in 1519 1521. Defeated natives were usually enslaved via the encomienda system, which persisted long enough to leave a cultural imprint on mexico and peru. This is certainly a study that specialists of the colonial world, food history, and race should read. Francisco pizarro, the conqueror of peru, and hernan cortes, the conqueror of mexico, were the greatest of the conquistadors. Now over 2,000 biographies shed dramatic new light on the conquistadors who made 15191521 the bloodiest twoyear period in the western hemisphere. Hernan cortes conquistador is the story of a lost kingdoma complex and sophisticated civilization where floating gardens, immense wealth, and reverence for art stood side by side with bloodstained temples and gruesome rites of human sacrifice. Hernan cortes, king montezuma, and the last stand of the aztecs buddy levy.
Innes explains how the reconquista left its stamp on the conquistadors. The historian, vito alessio robles, made the statement that all the citizens of monterrey are descended from jews. Their confrontation in the aztec lakecity of tenochtitlan is a moving drama of human conflict revealing the dilemma and the enigma of the indians. The book reveals who the conquistadors were and what made their adventures possible. This enthralling study which examines the impact of the spaniards upon the aztec and inca worlds is dominated by the personalities involved, in particular cortes and montezuma. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Conquistadors by michael wood goodreads share book.
It moves along fast and gives you a solid overview of the spanish conquest of the aztecs by cortes and the incas by pizarro without getting into too much detail. The conquistadors by hammond innes nook book ebook. Conquistador is a 2003 alternate history novel by s. Conquistador, any of the leaders in the spanish conquest of america, especially of mexico and peru, in the 16th century. With startling speed, spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of native american kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the aztecs and incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the worlds resources and balance of power. Find books like conquistadors from the worlds largest community of readers. Now, in this companion volume to the bbcpbs television series, the indefatigable. About the book following in the footsteps of the greatest spanish adventurers, michael wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from amazonia to lake titicaca, and from the deserts of north mexico to the heights of machu picchu. The spanish conquest of the americas in the sixteenth century was one. This is a period of history thats not entirely new to me.
This book is a highly original study that uses a new and very fruitful methodological approach. I loved this book its one of the best ever about the spanish conquistadors. Description of the book who is who of the conquistadors. Discover librarianselected research resources on conquistadors from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. Michael wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from amazonia to lake. This is a wonderful book and one which changed my way of thinking about the place of columbus and those who followed him to north and south america. Montezuma, king of the aztecs, ruled over 15 million people when cortes arrived with a few hundred spanish soldiers and cuban porters. The name is frequently used to mean any daring, ruthless adventurer. It adds virtually nothin thge t historo y of the conquest of mexico. The conquest of mexico was carried out by hernan cortes, who landed at veracruz in 1519. Buy a cheap copy of conquistadors book by michael wood. Chapters explore new world civilizations prior to the invasions, the genesis of conquistador culture on both sides of the atlantic, the roles black africans and native americans played, and the consequences of the invasions.
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