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1519 : a journey to the end of time / John Harrison.
Author
Harrison, John, 1952-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cardigan [Wales] : Parthian, 2015.
Description
353 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
F1216.5 .H37 2015
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Aztecs
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History
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Mexico
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Description and travel
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Mexico
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Civilization
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Harrison, John 1952-
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Travel
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Mexico
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Harrison, John 1952-
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Health
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Cortés, Hernán 1485-1547
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Indigenous Studies
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Summary note
In 1519 an arrogant and unscrupulous man sailed from the Caribbean, with orders to find a missing Spanish expedition. He immediately set about carving himself an empire in modern Mexico, while the governor of Cuba sent a force out to kill him. Hernan Cortes explored the coast to Veracruz then struck inland seduced by tales of a great empire rich in gold. He found the largest and best run city on earth and reduced it to rubble. John Harrison followed in his footsteps for four months, finding out the jungle ruins and sophisticated hilltop cities which put the lie to the popular image of the Aztecs and their neighbours as bloodthirsty savages.
Contents
The anvil in the sea
Mexico! Mexico!
Ransacking the dream.
ISBN
9781910409800 ((pbk.))
1910409804 ((pbk.))
OCLC
922686163
Other standard number
99965929724
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