Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish Empire /
Hugh Thomas
Bok · Engelsk · 2009
| Utgitt | London : : Penguin, , 2009.
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| Omfang | xx, 764 s. [24] pl. : : ill.;
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| Opplysninger | Engelsk originalutg.: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.. - Spain at the crossroads -- Columbus -- Bobadilla and Ovando -- Diego Colon -- Balboa and Pedrarias -- Cisneros -- Charles, king and emperor -- New Spain -- Magellan and Elcano -- The new empire.Bk. 1. Spain at the Crossroads -- 1. 'This city is a wife, whose husband is the hill' -- 2. 'The only happy country' -- 3. 'Great tranquillity and order' -- Bk. 2. Columbus -- 4. 'Only by monarchs' -- 5. 'For God's sake, tell me what you are singing' -- 6. 'A white stretch of land' -- 7. 'Tears in the royal eyes' -- 8. 'They love their neighbours as themselves' -- 9. 'We concede the islands and lands discovered by you' -- 10. 'As if in their own country' -- 11. 'Mainland, no island' -- 12. 'Whether we can sell those slaves or not' -- 13. 'Malevolent jokes of the goddess Fortune' -- Bk. 3. Bobadilla and Ovando -- 14. 'To course o'er better waters ... ' -- 15. 'The greatest good that we can wish for' -- 16. 'Teach them and indoctrinate them with good customs' -- 17. 'Children must constantly obey their parents' -- 18. 'You ought to send one hundred black slaves' -- 19. 'And they leapt onto the land' -- 20. 'Call this other place Amerige' -- Bk. 4. Diego Colon -- 21. 'A voice crying in the wilderness' -- 22. 'Infidels may justly defend themselves' -- 23. 'Without partiality, love or hatred' -- Bk. 5. Balboa and Pedrarias -- 24. 'They took possession of all that sea' -- 25. 'A man very advanced in excess' -- Bk. 6. Cisneros -- 26. 'King Fernando! He is dead!' -- 27. 'Go back and see what is happening' -- Bk. 7. Charles, King and Emperor -- 28. 'The best place in the world for blacks' -- 29. 'It is clear as the day ... ' -- 30. 'I was moved to act by a natural compassion' -- 31. 'For empire comes from God alone' -- 32. 'The new golden land' -- Bk. 8. New Spain -- 33. 'I am to pass away like a faded flower' -- 34. 'This land is the richest in the world' -- 35. 'O our lord, thou has suffered' -- Bk. 9. Magellan and Elcano -- 36. 'Go with good fortune' -- Bk. 10. The New Empire -- 37. 'The New Emperor' -- 38. 'From the poplars I come, mama' -- Family Tree: The Columbus family and the Dukes of Alba -- Family Tree: The Spanish Royal Family -- Family Tree: The Mendoza family -- Family Tree: The Ponce de Leon family -- Family Tree: The Fonseca family -- App. The costs of becoming Emperor, 1519 -- App. Vessels sailing to and from the Indies, 1504-22.
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| Emner | Spania Spanske imperium Spansk Amerika Sør-Amerika Det spanske keiserriket
koloniriket keiserriket oppdagelsesreiser oppdagingsreiser kolonialisme 1496-1516 |
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| ISBN | 0141034483 (pbk.) : : £12.99. - 978-0-141-03448-5 : GB£12.99
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