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The expedition of Pedro de Ursua & Lope de Aguirre in search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1

The expedition of Pedro de Ursua & Lope de Aguirre in search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1

Bollaert and Clements R., Willi

Paperback

African HistoryAustralia & Oceania

ISBN10: 935360916X
ISBN13: 9789353609160
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 25 2019
Pages: 330
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Gold draws men into the jungle. Power draws them further. Ambition turns quickly into terror. The expedition of Pedro de Ursua and Lope de Aguirre in search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1 brings you close to a defining moment in exploration history: a Spanish-led push into the 16th century Amazon that became inseparable from the El Dorado legend history and the shock of the Lope de Aguirre revolt. Presented by William Bollaert and Clements R. Markham, this historical expedition narrative reads with the immediacy of a conquistador travel account while remaining grounded as an exploration history reference for readers who want the record, not romance. Here is colonial Latin America study at its most vivid: the pressures of command, the fevered logic of the search for El Dorado, and the human cost of extraction and empire along the frontiers of the Spanish Peru viceroyalty. The Pedro de Ursua expedition and the Spanish conquistador mutiny that followed have echoed for centuries, and this volume stands as an academic history sourcebook that helps explain why: it preserves a crucial strand of Amazonian conquest history and the way myth, geography, and violence intertwined in early modern narratives. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For casual readers, it offers a gripping window into ambition at the edge of the known world; for classic-history collectors, a foundational document of Spanish American exploration.

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