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Author Vargas Machuca, Bernardo de, 1557-1622.

Title Defending the conquest : Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and discourse of the western conquests / edited by Kris Lane ; translated by Timothy F. Johnson.

Publication Info. University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 162 pages) : map.
Spanish language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Latin American originals ; 4
Latin American originals ; 4.
Note Translated from Spanish.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "An English translation and critical edition of a refutation, written about 1603 (revised in 1612) by the soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, of Bartolome de las Casas's famous Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1558)"--Provided by publisher. First published in 1879 as Apologías y discursos de las conquistas occidentales.
Contents Cover Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction to Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense of the Western Conquests, or Apologetic Discourses -- A Note on the Translation -- Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquest -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Page
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566. Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias.
Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (Casas, Bartolomé de las)
America -- Early accounts to 1600.
America.
Chronological Term Early accounts to 1600
Subject Indians of the West Indies -- Early works to 1800.
Indians of the West Indies.
Chronological Term Early works to 1800
Subject Indians of South America -- Early works to 1800.
Indians of South America.
Military art and science -- America -- Early works to 1800.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800.
HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Military art and science.
HISTORY -- North America.
Discoveries in geography.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
Discoveries in geography -- Spanish.
Genre/Form Early works.
Added Author Lane, Kris E., 1967-
Johnson, Timothy F.
Added Title Apologías y discursos de las conquistas occidentales. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012031195
Other Form: Print version: Vargas Machuca, Bernardo de, 1557-1622. Apologías y discursos de las conquistas occidentales. English. Defending the conquest. University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2010 9780271029375 (DLC) 2010024251 (OCoLC)643568952
ISBN 9780271056500 (electronic book)
0271056509 (electronic book)
9780271029375
0271029374
Standard No. 10.1515/9780271056500