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The Conquest of The Incas

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  • Author: John Hemming
  • Publisher: Pan Books
  • EAN/ISBN: 9780330427302
  • Size: 22x14cm
  • Binding: Paperback
Historian John Hemming brings a fresh and exciting perspective to one of the most intriguing aspects of early modern history; the subjugation of the ancient Latin American peoples by Spanish explorers, and the birth of Latin America as we now know it. A narrative history told with a sharpness and clarity that makes it accessible and readable without compromising its academic & expert merits.

On 25 September 1513, a force of weary Spanish explorers cut through the forests of Panama and was confronted with an ocean: the Mar del Sur, or the Pacific Ocean. Six years later the Spaniards had established the town of Panama as a base from which to explore and exploit this unknown sea. It was the threshold of a vast expansion.

From the first small band of Spanish adventurers to enter the mighty Inca empire, to the execution of the last Inca forty years later, The Conquest of the Incas is a story of bloodshed, infamy, rebellion and extermination, told as convincingly as if it happened yesterday.
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