Unlimited Conquistadors - by Michael Wood - Conquistadors, Conquistadors The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century was one of the most cataclysmic events in history Spanish expeditions had to endure the most unbelievable hardships to open up the lands o
- Title: Conquistadors
- Author: Michael Wood
- ISBN: 9780563487067
- Page: 159
- Format: Paperback
Conquistador Conquistadors k n k w s t d r z , US also k i s , k or conquistadores Spanish ko kista o es , Portuguese k ki t do is, kki t o meaning conquerors were the explorer soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the th and th centuries During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the The Spanish Conquistadors ThoughtCo Aug , Conquistadors who participated in any successful campaign were given shares based on many factors The king and the expedition leader like Hernan Cortes each received percent of all loot After that, it was divided up among the men Officers and horsemen got a larger cut than foot soldiers, as did crossbowmen, harquebusiers, and artillerymen. conquistador Definition, History, Facts Britannica conquistador, Spanish conqueror plural conquistadores or conquistadors, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the th century An expedition against Aztec Mexico was led by Hernn Corts, who set up a base camp at Veracruz in to prepare for an advance inland Corts marched inland with about men and secured an alliance Conquistador Wikipdia Les conquistadors, terme espagnol et portugais qui signifie en franais conqurants , sont des explorateurs et plus gnralement les chefs d expdition et leurs soldats qui ont explor puis conquis le Nouveau Monde du XV e au XVI e sicles pour la couronne de Castille, participant directement la conqute de l Amrique.Cet pisode de l histoire est dsign sous le terme The Conquistador Story Texas State History Museum The conquistadors collected, recorded, and published a wealth of knowledge about the land we call Texas, but knowledge was not the primary goal of the Spanish crown Spain wanted riches to fund their political goals in Europe, and the conquistadors found none in Texas After decades of exploration that frequently led to conflict and violence Category Spanish conquistadors Castilian Manchegan conquistadors P E Extremaduran conquistadors P G Galician conquistadors P Pages in category Spanish conquistadors The following pages are in this category, out of total This list may not reflect recent changes List of conquistadors in Colombia The Spanish Conquest Mexperience The Aztec empire reached its height in the early th century, under Emperor Moctezuma. That was also the time that Spanish adventurers were swarming by the hundreds to the West Indies, following the discovery of the Americas in by Christopher Columbus. Hernando De Soto Historical Society Each year, Society members elect a modern day Hernando de Soto, about others to serve as his Crewe, and a De Soto Queen and Princess The Crewe is the Society s most visible arm, seen regularly around Manatee County offering important educational visits to local schools, hospitals, senior citizen How smallpox devastated the Aztecs and helped Spain conquer Feb , Hernn Corts owed his conquest of the Aztecs to his expedition s unknown, unseen secret weapon the smallpox virus Disease epidemics can set the course of human history. Exploration Conquistadors and Explorers HISTORY HISTORY Jun , Discover a world of information on explorers and conquistadors like Christopher Columbus, Francis Drake, Henry Hudson, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, and Amelia Earhart.
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Unlimited Conquistadors - by Michael Wood
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Michael Wood
I m pretty willing to pick up any of the books Michael Wood has written They re obviously popular history than anything, pitched at BBC documentary level, but that is the level of knowledge I have for a lot of historical subjects Conquistadors is in the usual format familiar from Wood s book on Alexander he retraces the steps of the conquistadors, in some cases clarifying their routes where they weren t completely known before.This is a period of history that s not entirely new to me, but prett [...]
In Conquistadors, as with many of his books, Wood weaves the historical accounts of the protagonists of this period with his own experience retracing their steps This has the unique quality of adding vivid description of the landscape, corroborating details of the accounts, and showing the degree to which a historical event has either been preserved or suffered decay in the intervening years At first I wasn t sure how to feel about this first person interjection throughout the retelling of campa [...]
I think I might have seen the companion BBC documentary years ago, but my memory being what it is.At any rate, this was a pretty satisfactory popular history with extensive profiles of 3 conquistadors, separated into a kind of The Good Cabeza de Vaca , The Bad Cortes and the Ugly Pizarro.Of course that s a simplistic way for me to put it since Wood s treatment of the last two have their moments of looking at these malignant adventurers in the context of their own time as bloodthirsty swashbuckle [...]
I think I ve read all of Michael Wood s books now His style of writing is a constant throughout The reader is taken on an expedition, in the footsteps of and here even today the place where such and such did whatever In Conquistadors Woody takes us back packing in the tracks of Cortes into the heart of the Aztec New World We break camp at dawn to set off in pursuit of Francisco Pizarro s clan, to follow the conquest of the Incas in Peru We then trek the Andes mountain passes in search of El Dora [...]
I suspect what I was taught about South American history at school could be written in a couple of pages and, as for the tremendous importance of the Spanish seizure and colonialization of most of the continent, it scarcely warranted a mention After all, we were British, and had much to be taught about the superiority of the Englishman and his benign ownership and administration of the world that really mattered between the start of the 18th century and the middle of the 20th No time for all tha [...]
What we are taught in school about the conquest and settlement of the New World only scratches the surface of what really happened I enjoy history and consider myself fairly well educated Michael Wood shows us that we still have a lot to learn Of course we have all heard the story of Atahualpa and Pizarro, but what we find in this book is the part that we weren t taught Quite eye opening.Excellent book The author has done a fantastic job of putting us right there in the middle of the action.
A well written and superbly illustrated book covering the major Spanish players in the conquering and imposition upon the natives of the American continents One of the amazing episodes in world history these fearless men who ruthlessly exploited both the people and the land.Michael Wood vividly covers the characters and actions on both side that led to the Spanish culture that to this day dominates It leaves in ones mind what would have become of these conquered people had they not been imposed [...]
This was a very good book about 4 Conquistadors Cortez spelled here as Cortes , Pizzaro, Orellana, and Cabeza de Vaca While the first 2 are well known and written about as the conquerors of the Azrecs and Incas, the latter 2 who explored the , and the southern US, all the way from Florida to the Gulf of California are not as well known so I found their stories interesting I will do some further reading on those 2.There are maps and some beautiful color pictures in the book, so I would recommend [...]
An interesting book, but a bit heavier, good non fiction read.
EnthrallingAn interesting and very readable book, I found images and scenes appearing in my imagination all the while I also enjoyed the philosophical questions posed by the narrative A great book for anyon
This was quite an interesting book on an important subject I d not read much about the conquest since high school, so this book added another layer to my understanding The text is nicely augmented with photos of the landscapes and artifacts, as well as historical paintings of the subjects Structurally, I surprised that even though the book covered the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortes and the Incas by Pizarro, it included the journeys of Orellana down the and Cabeza de Vaca across Mexico rather t [...]
This was the book that really ignited my passion and interest in New World exploration Woods combines contemporary quotes and descriptions with his own modern day journeys in detailing the adventures of four seminal Spanish explorers Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizzaro, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, and Francisco Orellana.This book was written as a companion piece to Woods PBS documentary, but it stands alone fine without the video While recounting the adventurers and their adventures, Woods and his [...]
In this latest work on the Spanish conquistadors, an adaptation from the BBC television series, by Michael Wood, we have a whole new aspect of how the conquistadors behaved with their control over the New World.It is almost as if Wood had once been a conquistador himself, as he retells of those brave soldiers walking in this alien terrain and fighting for their lives in an effort to civilize or ethnically cleanse, perhaps those savage Indians who don t know better While this may come as a shock [...]
Picked this up as a complement to 1491 It s a companion book to the BBC PBS TV series of the same name, written for a general audience and full of photos and illustrations This would be a great book for an interested middle school student, in fact Looking at contemporary depictions European and American of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and seeing a variety of artifacts I had been unaware of made the history in 1491 accessible My ignorance of early Latin and South American history was, s [...]
One of the few books I ll give a five on five for I found it in Landmark and because I was a history enthusiast and because I did not have any reference book with me on pre Columbian American history, I purchased this book It did not appeal much to me the first time I read it But since then, I ve read and re read the book over probably a hundred times and once, I start reading I never feel like keeping it down Michael Wood s sensitive and unbiased portrayal of the Spanish conquest of the America [...]
A Search for Gold and Glory that led to TragedyFascinating tales of the brutal conquest of South and Central American civilisations in the sixteenth century told from a basis of historical and archaeological discovery but with great imagery and passion in the storytelling These are seismic events in human history, the echoes of which reverberate today, as the culture of domination based on a notion of European cultural and religious superiority backed up by greater killing technology, has contin [...]
Covers the Spanish conquest of the Americas Cortez s conquest of the Aztec Empire, Pizarro s conquest of the Incan Empire, Orellana s ia trek and Cabeza de Vaca s Southwestern US Mexico marathon Interesting stories of adventure and tantalizing accounts of the savagery of both the indigenous peoples and the Spaniards Actually a sad account of Spanish greediness I found the Cabeza de Vaca story most compelling as a native Texan I had never really known and understood the historical account A grea [...]
Conquistadors is a detailed account of some of the conquistadors including Cortes, members of the Pizarro family and Cabeza de Vaca who conquered the Americas during the 16th century It is also an account of Michael Wood s journey to follow in their footsteps Accounts of events by the Spaniards and the natives are given Wood asserts that the native Americans knew their assailants were humans not gods , but they were decimated by superior weaponry and infighting A fascinating and shocking book It [...]
Having never learned of the ancient civilisations of america at school , this book was like my very own personal discovery and voyage to the new world.
The author uses a journey into the Inca heartland as the base for a fascinating and very readable history of the 16th Century Spanish conquests in central and southern America.Using key figures,he explores the politics, motivation and ambition of these small expeditions, looks at why the Conquistadors were able to achieve so much and assesses the real cost of the empires they destroyed.Concluding with a very poignant observation from a local conquistador , this is very readable slice of history. [...]
Easy to read and covers the 1500s when Cortes took on the Aztecs, Pizarro and friends destroyed the Incas and various other Conquistadors killed off numerous other tribes, cultures and people for gold, fame and Christ.Wood follows some of the journeys but his best parts is in relating the stories of the Spanish and their belief in themselves, their brutality and discern for the way others lived their lives A sad story of the conquerors and their victims.
A topic I knew little about and a book I thoroughly enjoyed A journey through the Americas and time An inspiration to delve deeper into the topic, a genocide that is little known generally in the UK Presented in a style that is easy to follow and allows you to take note of the aspects that you want to explore The first of Wood s books that is have read and it won t be the last Highly recommended.
Michael Wood s study of the Spanish Conquest may not be authoritative, but it is entertaining, readable and thought provoking A written version with pictures and maps, hurray of the BBC mini series, it s really quite good But, like all the BBC productions, it predictably takes the British self loathing view of Western culture This isn t bad history per se, but becomes so when you start painting overly rosy pictures of pre conquest American society.
Michael Wood s book is a rare of example of a historian who is passionately in love with his subject Wood gives detailed accounts of Cortez, Pizarro and other conquistadors and scrupulously compares European accounts of the conquests against indigenous records I originally felt that this book warranted a five star rating till the author went off track on a couple of occasions by turning present day examinations of ancient sites into discussions of his own travel adventures.
Wood does a good job of portraying the unbridled ambition that drove the conquest of the new world This wa a very engaging read that mixed the history with the modern day quest to see the areas and understand the people of today that remain from the indigenous first people and the mixing of the foreign invaders.
Interesting perspectives and primary evidence of such a controversial group of explorers While engaging, the book suffers from mission creep it tries to cover far too much the entire conquistadoring era in the Americas in such a small space.
An absolutely fascinating book about the Spanish conquest of The New World.
A very enjoyable read There is much research and the different characters and events are so well described.
Brilliant
Its a good read for those who like a blend of history and adventure, the events that the author depicts are truly astonishing and the book is provactive, enriching and gripping.