Seven myths of the Spanish conquest /

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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 Pi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Restall, Matthew, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2003]
Temas:
Lateinamerika
1519-1540
Spaniards > America > Historiography.
Myth.
Espagnols > Amérique > Historiographie.
Mythe.
myths.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY.
Historiography
Myth
Spaniards > Historiography
Tradition
Entdeckung
Geschichtsschreibung
Eroberung
Mythos
Veroveringen.
Spanjaarden.
Mythevorming.
Geschiedschrijving.
História da américa.
História latino-americana.
Colonização (historiografia) > América.
Espanhóis (historiografia) > América.
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Historiography.
Latin America > History > Errors, inventions, etc.
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540.
Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête)
Amérique latine > Histoire > Erreurs, inventions, etc.
Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête) > Historiographie.
America
Latin America
Mexico
Amerika
History
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