Autor(en)

Thomas, Hugh:

Verlag / Jahr

New York: Random House, 2003.

Format / Einband

Hardcover with dustjacket. XXI, 696 p.: Ill., Maps.

Sprache

Englisch

Gewicht

ca. 1103 g

ISBN

0375502041

EAN

9780375502040

Bestell-Nr

1194797

Bemerkungen

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht berieben, Knick im Buchrücken, Fleck auf Fußschnitt, innen sehr gut und sauber / dust jacket slightly rubbed, crease on spine, stain on bottom edge, inside very good and clean. - Contents List of Illustrations List of Maps Introduction Book One SPAIN AT THE CROSSROADS 1. “This city is a wife, whose husband is the hill” 2. “The only happy country” 3. “Great tranquility and order” Book Two COLUMBUS 4. “Only by monarchs” 5. “For God’s sake, tell me what song you are singing” 6. “A white stretch of land” 7. “Tears in the royal eyes” 8. “They love their neighbors 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” Book Three 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” Book Four DIEGO COLÓN 21. “A voice crying in the wilderness” 22. “Infidels may justly defend themselves” 23. “Without partiality, love, or hatred” Book Five BALBOA AND PEDRARIAS 24. “They took possession of all that sea” 25. “A man very advanced in excess” Book Six CISNEROS 26. “King Fernando! He is dead!” 27. “Go back and see what is happening” Book Seven CHARLES, KING AND EMPEROR 28. “The best place in the world for blacks” 29. “It is clear as day...” 30. “I was moved to act by a natural compassion” 31. “For empire comes from God alone” 32. “The new golden land” Book Eight 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” Book Nine MAGELLAN AND ELCANO 36. “Go with good fortune” Book Ten THE NEW EMPIRE 37. “The new emperor” 38. “From the poplars I come, mama” Appendix A: Family Trees The Albas and the Columbuses The Spanish Royal Family The Mendozas The Ponces de León The Fonsecas Appendix B: The Costs of Becoming Emperor, 1519 Appendix C: Registered Vessels Sailing to and from the Indies, 1504-22 Suggested Reading Glossary Bibliography Notes Index. ISBN 9780375502040

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