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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.
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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.
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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.
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