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Touching the void
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Joe Simpson,Joe Simpson |
Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates's disastrous and nearly fatal climb of the 6,344-metre (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. |
OL11616538W |
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Pizarro and the conquest of the Incan empire in world history
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Richard Worth |
Traces the history of the Spanish conquest of the Incas in Peru, showing how they explored and then took over native cultures, creating Spanish colonies in the New World. |
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Mirrors of a disaster
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Gérard Chaliand |
"Fast-paced, dramatic account of the conquests of Mexico and Peru is intended for general readership. Also includes some discussion of recent historiographical issues and lengthy quotations from publ… |
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Bourbon Peru, 1750-1824
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John Robert Fisher |
xix, 224 pages ; 24 cm |
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Modern Inquisitions
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Irene Silverblatt |
Trying to understand how "civilized" people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bu… |
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Pizarro
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Liz Sonneborn |
"Examines the life of Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro, including his early explorations in the Americas, his conquest of Peru and the Inca Empire, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher. |
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History of the Conquest of Peru
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W.H. Prescott |
The most brilliant passages in the history of Spanish adventure in the New World are undoubtedly afforded by the conquests of Mexico and Peru - the two states which combined with the largest extent o… |
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