The Geography and Map Division
Author | : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division |
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Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1975 |
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Author | : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division |
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Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1975 |
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Author | : Bartolomé de las Casas |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2022-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1504078586 |
A Spanish friar documents the brutal treatment of Caribbean natives at the hands of colonial authorities in the sixteenth century. After traveling to the New World, Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las Casas witnessed conquistadors wreak unimaginable horrors upon the Indigenous people of the Caribbean. He later dedicated his life to fighting for their protection. Following numerous failed attempts to reason with authorities in Spain, he chose to document everything he had seen over a span of fifty years and to give it to Spain’s Prince Philip II. In A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, Las Casas catalogues the atrocities he observed the Spanish colonial authorities inflict upon the native people. He discusses the brutal torture, mass genocide, and enslavement. He passionately pleas for an end to this treatment and for the native peoples to be given basic human rights.
Author | : John W. Hessler |
Publisher | : Giles |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781911282396 |
A completely new and revealing story of Pre- and Post-Columbian art as told through over sixty extraordinary artefacts now in the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress.
Author | : Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Herbert J. Spinden |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2011-12-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486409023 |
Classic study of pre-Columbian civilizations in the New World. Maya, Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs, many others. History, gods, calendars, religions, ceremonies, more. 47 black-and-white plates. 86 text figures.
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 2007 |
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Author | : Barbara E. Mundy |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2018-03-22 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1477317139 |
Winner, Book Prize in Latin American Studies, Colonial Section of Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 2016 ALAA Book Award, Association for Latin American Art/Arvey Foundation, 2016 The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. In 1521, at the height of Tenochtitlan's power, which extended over much of Central Mexico, Hernando Cortés and his followers conquered the city. Cortés boasted to King Charles V of Spain that Tenochtitlan was "destroyed and razed to the ground." But was it? Drawing on period representations of the city in sculptures, texts, and maps, The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City builds a convincing case that this global capital remained, through the sixteenth century, very much an Amerindian city. Barbara E. Mundy foregrounds the role the city's indigenous peoples, the Nahua, played in shaping Mexico City through the construction of permanent architecture and engagement in ceremonial actions. She demonstrates that the Aztec ruling elites, who retained power even after the conquest, were instrumental in building and then rebuilding the city. Mundy shows how the Nahua entered into mutually advantageous alliances with the Franciscans to maintain the city's sacred nodes. She also focuses on the practical and symbolic role of the city's extraordinary waterworks—the product of a massive ecological manipulation begun in the fifteenth century—to reveal how the Nahua struggled to maintain control of water resources in early Mexico City.
Author | : Françoise de Graffigny |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2009-01-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0191622613 |
'It has taken me a long time, my dearest Aza, to fathom the cause of that contempt in which women are held in this country ...' Zilia, an Inca Virgin of the Sun, is captured by the Spanish conquistadores and brutally separated from her lover, Aza. She is rescued and taken to France by Déterville, a nobleman, who is soon captivated by her. One of the most popular novels of the eighteenth century, the Letters of a Peruvian Woman recounts Zilia's feelings on her separation from both her lover and her culture, and her experience of a new and alien society. Françoise de Graffigny's bold and innovative novel clearly appealed to the contemporary taste for the exotic and the timeless appetite for love stories. But by fusing sentimental fiction and social commentary, she also created a new kind of heroine, defined by her intellect as much as her feelings. The novel's controversial ending calls into question traditional assumptions about the role of women both in fiction and society, and about what constitutes 'civilization'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author | : Antonio del Rio |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1822 |
Genre | : Guatemala |
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Author | : Elizabeth Robins Pennell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Book collectors |
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