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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Thomas, Hugh, 1931-     Subjects     Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.     Latin America -- History -- 16th century.     Latin America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.     Latin America -- Civilization -- Spanish influences.     Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556.     Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration -- History -- 16th century.     Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 16th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Thomas, Hugh, 1931-       by title:      The golden empire : ...       by call number:      980.01 T457g     Search the Web     Thomas, Hugh, 1931-     Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.     Latin America -- History -- 16th century.     Latin America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.     Latin America -- Civilization -- Spanish influences.     Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556.     Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration -- History -- 16th century.     Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 16th century.       MARC Display

The golden empire : Spain, Charles V, and the creation of America / Hugh Thomas. by Thomas, Hugh, 1931- Random House, c2010. Call #: 980.01 T457g Subjects Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.   Latin America -- History -- 16th century.   Latin America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.   Latin America -- Civilization -- Spanish influences.   Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556.   Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration -- History -- 16th century.   Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 16th century. ISBN:  9781400061259 (hc.) 1400061253 (hc.) Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  xviii, 646 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, geneal. tables ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-572) and index. Contents:  A tale of two cities : New Spain and old. Cortés and the rebuilding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, 1521-1524 ; Valladolid, 1522 ; Charles, king and emperor ; Christianity and the New World ; Charles at Valladolid, 1522-1523 ; Cortés in power, 1521-1524 -- Valladolid and Rome. Charles V : from Valladolid to the fall of Rome, 1527 ; Four brothers in a conquest : the Alvarados and Guatemala ; Charles and his empire ; Pedrarias, Panama, and Peru; Guzmán in New Spain ; Giants of their time : Charles, Cortés, Pizarro ; The Germans at the banquet : the Welsers ; Narváez and Cabeza de Vaca ; Ordaz on the Orinoco; Heredia at Cartagena ; Cortés and the Audiencia in New Spain ; Montejo in Yucatán ; To pass the sandbar -- Peru. Birú ; Pizarro's preparations ; Cajamarca ; The end of Atahualpa ; News of Peru ; The battle for Cuzco ; Almagro ; Pizarro's triumph and tragedy ; Vaca de Castro in Peru ; Gonzalo Pizarro and Orellana seek cinnamon and find the Amazon ; Orellana and New Andalusia ; The defeat of the viceroy ; Gonzalo and La Gasca ; Valdivia and Chile ; Valdivia's consummation -- Counter Reformation, counter Renaissance. Carolus Africanus ; The Indies finance Europe ; Federmann and Jiménez de Quesada ; The return of Cabeza de Vaca ; Soto in North America ; The magic lure of the New World ; Buenos Aires and Asunción : Pedro de Mendoza and Cabeza de Vaca ; New Spain with Antonio de Mendoza ; Coronado and the seven magic cities of Cibola ; Montejo and Alvarado in Yucatán and Guatemala -- The Indian soul. Las Casas, Pope Paul, and the Indian soul ; Controversy at Valladolid ; Las Casas and Sepúlveda ; The Knight of the Black Eagle ; The emperor at bay. Summary:  A narrative chronicle of Spain's dominant years traces Latin America's exploration, conquest, and economic development between 1522 and 1556, offering insight into how period accomplishments remain influential in today's world. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 980.01 T457g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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