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Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 301
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
xiv, 125 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the world's resources and balance of power. They changed the course of history, but the myth they established was even stranger than their real achievements. This Very Short Introduction deploys the latest scholarship to shatter and replace the traditional narrative....
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Mongolian
Description
Delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. Follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny. Shows the future conqueror and revealing him not as the evil brute, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader.
6) Mongol
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Mongolian
Description
Delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. Follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny. Shows the future conqueror and revealing him not as the evil brute, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world "The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more impressive is the analytical skill Cervantes applies. . . . [He] conveys complex arguments in delightfully simple language, and most importantly knows how...
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of the Spanish explorer and conqueror who marched into the Inca empire, held the Inca king for ransom, stuffed his pockets with gold and became governor of present-day Peru.
11) Genghis Khan
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publisher
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
111 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the chief of a small Mongol tribe who established a vast empire from Peking to the Black Sea in the twelfth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and exploits of Francisco Pizarro, who conquered the Inca Empire and with a combination of trickery, treachery, and brutality, went on to plunder the Inca's riches and exploit the people for his own gain.
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
viii, 199 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This work of comparative history explores the array of ceremonies that Europeans performed to enact their taking possession of the New World. Frenchmen reproduced the grandeur of royal processions wherever possible, always ending in dialogue with the indigenous peoples. Spaniards made solemn speeches before launching military attacks. Dutchmen drew intensely detailed maps, scrutinizing harbors and coastlines as they disembarked. The Portuguese superimposed...
14) Hernán Cortes
Author
Series
Publisher
Steadwell Books
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the explorer whose brutal conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico was responsible for the first Spanish settlements in the New World.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
282 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alef has planted his flag on the Infinite Land and built an enormous citadel along the coastline--but it's not enough. He is preparing to venture inland and wage war against the Continent's native population. Hunder, now Chief in name only, doesn't have the courage to stop him. Suddenly, Wick returns from the sea with an urgent message: Sola, the cursed girl who was lost at sea, may still be alive! Hunder and Wick set sail on the Star once more in...
16) Hernán Cortés
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
18) Hernán Cortés
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of Hernando Cortés, the Spanish explorer who discovered Baja California and explored the Pacific coast of Mexico, but who is best remembered for conquering the Aztec Empire.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping, epic historical novel of exploration and invasion, of slaves and conquerors, and above all, an enduring love that must overcome the forging of an empire. Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history's throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
History reports that the mighty Inca were swiftly wiped out by a small band of Conquistadors, but new evidence is being unearthed that may help rewrite history. Uncovered remains of those who died in battle along with recently discovered documents suggest that even after forming military alliances with thousands of Indian mercenaries, it took the Spanish many years to defeat the Inca Empire.
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