Sword of empire : the Spanish conquest of the Americas from Columbus to Cortés, 1492-1529 / / Donald E. Shipman

• Autore: Chipman Donald E.
• Pubblicazione: College Station : , : State House/McWhiney Foundation Press, , 2021; ©2021
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 972.0009/031
• Soggetto topico: Discoveries in geography - Spanish
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America History To 1600; America Discovery and exploration Spanish
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Admiral at Sea: Voyages One and Two -- Chapter 2. Columbus's Voyages Three and Four, and Retirement -- Chapter 3. Hernando Cortés and the Spanish Struggle for Justice -- Chapter 4. Cuba and the Voyages of Córdoba and Grijalva -- Chapter 5. The Cortés Expedition to Yucatan and Mexico -- Chapter 6. Aztecs: From Migrants to Masters of Mexico -- Chapter 7. Cortés and the March Toward Tenochtitlan -- Chapter 8. War in Tlaxcala and Spaniards Enter Tenochtitlan -- Chapter 9. Spaniards in Tenochtitlan and the Narváez Expedition -- Chapter 10. Noche Triste, Otumba, and Tlaxcala -- Chapter 11. The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan -- Chapter 12. Hernando Cortés and Post-Conquest Mexico, 1521-1529 -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Sword of Empire: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas from Columbus to Cortés, 1492-1529 is, by design, an approachable and accessible history of some of the most life-altering events in the story of man. Chipman examines the contributions of Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortes in creating the foundations of the Spanish Empire in North America. Chipman has produced a readable and accurate narrative for students and the reading public, although some information presented on Cortes cannot be found elsewhere in print and is therefore of interest to specialists in the history of Spain in America. Exclusive material from Professor France V. Scholes and the author share insights into the multi layered complexities of a man born in 1484 and named at birth Fernando Cortes. As for Columbus, born in Genoa on the Italian peninsula in 1451 and given the name Cristobal de Colon, he is a more transformative man than Cortes in bringing Western Civilization to the major Caribbean islands in the Spanish West Indies and beyond. Historians strive to present a "usable past" and the post-Columbian world is, of course, the modern world. Columbus's discoveries, those of other mariners who followed to the south in America, and still other eastward to the Asia placed the world on the path of global interdependence-both good and ill-for peoples of the world. There are no footnotes in Sword of Empire--this is narrative at its finest--but there are extensive bibliographies for each chapter that will prove useful for readers of every background."--Publisher description.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sword of empire
• ISBN: 9781933337906; 1933337907
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911008396303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II