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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812601403321

Autore

Vargas Machuca Bernardo de <1557-1622.>

Titolo

Defending the conquest : Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and discourse of the western conquests / / edited by Kris Lane ; translated by Timothy F. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-271-05650-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 162 p. ) : map ;

Collana

Latin American originals

Disciplina

970.015092

Soggetti

Indians of the West Indies

Indians of South America

America Early accounts to 1600

America Discovery and exploration Spanish Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from Spanish.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests -- Bernardo de Vargas Machuca Translated / Timothy F. Johnson.

Sommario/riassunto

"An English translation and critical edition of a refutation, written about 1603 by the soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, of Bartolome de las Casas's famous Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1558)"--Provided by publisher.