An Account of the Conquest of Peru

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

Necesitan los vascos, pues no puede ser de otro modo, conocer su historia. Y al mismo tiempo, como si de una obligación se tratase, el resto de los pueblos de España. Porque no hay mejor camino para alcanzar la comprensión que el acercamiento tolerante y abierto hacia el pasado. Es así, como se habrá de construir el futuro. Esta es la razón principal que ha movido a la elaboración de este libro. Todo un viaje desde la prehistoria, la singular romanización, la cruenta y prometedora Edad Media, la siempre sugerente realidad foral, el auge de la burguesía, la industrialización, el...

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This book captures the most stunning studies, the difficulties, the dangers, and the experiences during a 10-year period of travel and expeditions. Author Juan Jesus Vallejo journeys across five continents, giving us a glimpse into the pyramids in Peru that are older than the Egyptian pyramids; the first human temples with more than 10,000 years of history, discovered in the dusty fields of Kurdistan; and the largest and most puzzling painted rocks on the planet, in nearly unexplored areas of the Sahara. An endless stream of riddles, anecdotes, and facts, this book demonstrates that the world ...