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  • From Lisbon to Goa, 1500-1750

    Studies in Portuguese Maritime Enterprise

    by C.R. Boxer ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    These articles deal with the functioning, and malfunctioning, of the Carreira da India, the round voyages made between Portugal and its possessions in India that began after Vasco da Gama had opened up the route round the Cape of Good Hope in 1497-99. On such voyages was the Portuguese colonial empire built, and these studies illustrate the conditions under which they operated - the ships, the ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Commentaries of Ruy Freyre de Andrada

    Edited by C. R. Boxer ...
    First published in 1930.'The Broadway Travellers consolidates its already high reputation by issuing this volume...' SpectatorThis is the first translation of the Commentarios since original publication in 1647. Copies of the original are very rare yet the work covers an historically significant period, describing the operations leading up to the capture from the Portuguese of Ormuz, in the ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • When Montezuma Met Cortés

    The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History

    by Matthew Restall ...
    A re-evaluation of the meeting between the Spanish adventurer and the Aztec ruler that challenges history's perspective about the conquest of the Americas.On November eight, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction—the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European ... Read more

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  • Conquistadores

    A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest

    by Fernando Cervantes ...
    A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world“The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more impressive is the analytical skill Cervantes applies. . . . [He] conveys complex arguments in delightfully ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • History of the Conquest of Peru

    by William H. Prescott ...
    In a series of episodes as fantastic as any fiction, a powerful civilization crumbled at the hands of a small band of warriors. Written by one of America's great historians, this gripping chronicle draws upon the firsthand accounts of eminent sixteenth-century captains and statesmen to relate the overthrow of the Inca empire by the Spanish adventurers under Pizarro’s command.Author William H. ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Incas

    by Hiram Bingham, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, William Prescott ...
    This volume contains three complete works by Hiram Bingham, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and William Prescott.Bingham’s “Inca Land” provides fascinating insights into the ancient and more modern cultures of the Incas and Peru, all in the context of his discovery of Machu Picchu.Sarpiento de Gamboa’s “History of the Incas” describes the history of this interesting civilization.Prescott’s “The History ... Read more

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  • The History of the Incas

    by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ...
    Translated by Brian S. Bauer ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    A new translation and introduction to an invaluable source of information on the last and largest empire to develop in the indigenous Americas.The History of the Incas may be the best description of Inca life and mythology to survive Spanish colonization of Peru. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, a well-educated sea captain and cosmographer of the viceroyalty, wrote the document in Cuzco, the capital of ... Read more

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  • The History of the Conquest of Peru

    by William H. Prescott ...
    William H. Prescott (1796-1859) is regarded as not only the first American scientific historian, but also one of the best historians of the nineteenth century. A Massachusetts native, Prescott was educated at Harvard University, though he wasn't ever recognized as an outstanding student. During a food fight while he was a student at Harvard, Prescott was hit with a crust of bread, injuring his eye ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, and His Viceroyalty.

    From the Legendas da India of Gaspar Correa. Accompanied by Original Documents.Translated from the Portuguese, with notes and an introduction, by Henry E. J. Stanley.

    by Gaspar Corrêa., Henry E. J. Stanley. ...
    Series series Elibron Classics
    Elibron Classics. Replica of 1869 edition by the Hakluyt Society, London.This is a detail acccount of 3 voyages of Vasco Da Gama to India. ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Frontiers of Possession

    Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas

    by Tamar Herzog ...
    A "lucid" analysis of the territorial formation of Spain and Portugal in both Europe and the Americas ( Publishers Weekly).Frontiers of Possession asks how territorial borders were established in Europe and the Americas during the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are largely determined by military conflicts and treaties. Focusing on Spanish and ... Read more

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  • Jose Bonifacio De Andrada E Silva

    The Greatest Man in Brazilian History

    by Ricardo C. Amaral ...
    Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva "The Greatest Man in Brazilian History" This book will introduce to the United States the founding father of Brazil. He is one of the greatest statesman in world history, but he is unknown to the American public. He is the Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and George Washington of Brazil embodied in one person. This book will cover some of the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Straits

    Beyond the Myth of Magellan

    by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto ...
    An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan.With Straits, celebrated historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto subjects the surviving sources to the most meticulous scrutiny ever, providing a timely and engrossing biography of the real Ferdinand Magellan. The truth that Fernández-Armesto uncovers about Magellan’s life, his character, and the events ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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