1692 Motín de Indios

Ambientada en las décadas iniciales del siglo pasado en la península de Yucatán, en el perímetro que comprende la Honduras Británica (hoy, Belice) y Chetumal (antiguo Payo Obispo), esta novela reconstruye toda una época de un territorio olvidado por la historia y la literatura. En ella se retratan los constantes enfrentamientos entre los inconformes descendientes de los mayas y los mestizos y blancos derivados de la colonización, el auge del comercio a partir de la explotación de los recursos naturales, el tráfico de armas, los conflictos por la demarcación de los límites de ambos...

This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...

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La independencia de las antiguas colonias españolas de América no fue sólo el resultado de una guerra larga y cruenta. Si bien ésta rompió los vínculos políticos y la dependencia burocrática con la metrópoli, fueron las diferentes corrientes de pensamiento las que dieron fisonomía a las nuevas naciones, en especial su opción por el republicanismo. Puede decirse, entonces, que aquélla no fue simplemente una guerra de independencia, como a menudo ha sido valorada, sino una verdadera revolución que se inició antes de que las acciones militares hubieran dado comienzo y que se...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...