Martín López : Conquistador Citizen of Mexico

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In this study of the life of a Spaniard who came to Mexico as a conquistador and remained as a civilian citizen of New Spain, C. Harvey Gardiner gives his readers a fresh view of the warfare between Spaniard and Indian and of the less dramatic processes of colonization which established European cul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardiner, C. Harvey (Clinton Harvey) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University of Kentucky Press, 1958.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
López, Martin.
López, Martín.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Mexico.
Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête)
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this study of the life of a Spaniard who came to Mexico as a conquistador and remained as a civilian citizen of New Spain, C. Harvey Gardiner gives his readers a fresh view of the warfare between Spaniard and Indian and of the less dramatic processes of colonization which established European culture in America. Conquest and colonization, usually treated separately in the histories of the period, are here shown as phases in the life of a man who was not conspicuous among the conquerors, but was representative of the Spaniards of his generation who came to the new world in search of opportuni.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9780813162850

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