Conquistadors
- ISBN-10
- 1846079721
- ISBN-13
- 9781846079726
- Series
- Conquistadors
- Category
- America
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Michael Wood
Description
The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the 'New World', and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance. In Conquistadors, Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers travelling from the forests of Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, the deserts of North Mexico, the snowpeaks of the Andes and the heights of Machu Picchu.
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