UID:
almafu_9959677586502883
Format:
1 online resource (522 p.)
ISBN:
0-8223-2127-0
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1-283-06279-8
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9786613062796
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0-8223-8250-4
Series Statement:
Latin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao
Uniform Title:
Descubrimiento y conquista del Perú.
Content:
Initial translation into English of a first-person account of the 16th century conquest of Peru, written by a Spanish soldier and naturalist; Pedro de Cieza de Leon was one of the first Europeans in the Andean region of South America to use native inform
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Prologue; Introduction; I. About the discovery of Peru; II. About how Governor Pedrarias named Francisco Pizarro captain of the South Sea and how he left Panama for the discovery; III. About how Captain Francisco Pizarro left to explore the coast of the South Sea and why that kingdom was called Peru III. About how Captain Francisco Pizarro left to explore the coast of the South Sea and why that kingdom was called Peru
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IV. About how Montenegro and several Spaniards returned in the ship to the Pearl Islands to get provisions without bringing anything to eat except a dry cowhide and some bitter palmettos, and about the hardship and hunger endured by Pizarro and those who remained with himV. About how Montenegro arrived at the Pearl Islands and how he returned with the succor; VI. About how the captain and the Spaniards came upon an Indian village where they found some gold, how they landed in Pueblo Quemado and from there sent a ship to Panama, and what else happened
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VII. About how the Indians attacked the Spaniards and the difficulty the captain was in and how the Indians fledVIII. About how Diego de Almagro left Panama with people and succor in search of his partner, and about how they injured his eye and how he was united with him; IX. About how Diego de Almagro returned to Panama, where he found that Pedrarias was recruiting people for Nicaragua, and what happened to him as well as his partner, Captain Francisco Pizarro
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X. About how Pizarro and Almagro journeyed as far as the San Juan River, where it was agreed that the pilot, Bartolome Ruiz would explore along the western coast and Almagro would return for more peopleXI. How when the Spaniards went in canoes looking for provisions, all the Spaniards who went with their Captain Varela in one of the canoes were killed by the Indians; XII. About how Pedro de los Rios came as governor to Tierra Firme and what Almagro did in Panama until he returned with people
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XIII. About how the captains and the Spaniards embarked and sailed to Atacames, and what happened to them XIII. About how the captains and the Spaniards embarked and sailed to Atacames, and what happened to themXIV. About how all the Spaniards wanted to return to Panama and could not, and how Diego de Almagro departed with the ships while Pizarro remained on Gallo Island, and about the couplet that they sent to Governor Pedro de los Rios
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XV. About how when Diego de Almagro arrived in Panama, Governor Pedro de los Rios, distressed by the death of so many people, did not allow him to recruit more. And how [Rios] sent Juan Tafur to set free the Spaniards, and what Pizarro did with the letters his partners had sent him
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-2146-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780822382508
