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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Chile, Peru, and the California gold rush of 1849 Chile, Peru, and the California gold rush of 1849 Jay Monaghan viii, 312 p. 24 cm OL1207200W
Pizarro and the conquest of the Incan empire in world history Pizarro and the conquest of the Incan empire in world history 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. OL15042339W
Francisco Pizarro and his brothers Francisco Pizarro and his brothers Rafael Varón Gabai "Based on author's doctoral dissertation, work reconstructs and analyzes the making of the financial empire of the conquerer of Peru and his brothers. Painstaking study examines and elucidates multip… OL2835966W
Narrative of the Incas Narrative of the Incas Juan de Betanzos "A chronicle that has been judged the 'single most authentic document of its kind.' Based on testimonies from descendants of Inca kings, who in the 1540s-50s still remembered the oral history and tra… OL2968063W