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Description edit
From one of the greatest historians of the Spanish world, here is a fresh and fascinating account of Spain’s early conquests in the Americas. Hugh Thomas’s magisterial narrative of Spain in the New World has all the characteristics of great historical literature: amazing discoveries, ambition,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- King Charles: Add a description of this character.
- Fonseca
- Cisneros
- Velazquez
- Ovando
- Juana
- Isabel
- Bartolomeo
- Pedrarias
- Roldan
- Burgos
- Peter Martyr
- Magellan
- Balboa
- Moctezuma
- Fernando
- Ponce De Leon
- Montesinos
- Philip
- Margaret
- Antonio De Torres
- Bobadilla
- Pigafetta
- Medina Del Campo
- Gattinara
- Talavera
- Carvajal
- Zuazo
- Figueroa
- Quevedo
- Cortes
- Maya
- Chievres
- Esquivel
- Infante Juan
- Joao
- Oviedo
- Adrian
- Cuellar
- Toscanelli
- Ocampo
- Hojeda
- Hernando De Vega
- Gorrevod
- Triana
- Margarit
Setting & Locations edit
- Spain
- Columbus
- Indies
- Seville
- Castile
- Santo Domingo
- Cuba
- Mexico
- Portugal
- Caribbean
- Lisbon
- Africa
- France
- Valladolid
- Europe
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Darien
- Puerto Rico
- Atlantic
- Mexica
- South America
- Rome
- Naples
- England
- Galicia
- Flanders
- Trinidad
- Asia
- Andalusia
- San Juan
- Brazil
- Canary Islands
- Santiago
- India
- Extremadura
- Madrid
- Germany
- Salamanca
- Segovia
- New World
- Cadiz
- Bahamas
- China
- Toledo
- Tenerife
- Guinea
- Venice
First Sentence edit
The Spanish army and the court lay in Andalusia, at Santa Fe, a new white-painted town that King Fernando and Queen Isabel had built to serve their siege of Granada, the last Islamic city in Spain to resist the Christians.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Hugh Thomas (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0375502041
Page Count: 720
Publisher: Random House Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0375502041
Page Count: 720
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 946
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