Чарльз М. Робинсон

Книга американских авторов Джона Пола (известный ученый-археолог, занимающийся изучением древних индейских цивилизаций) и Чарльза М.Робинсона "Ацтеки и конкистадоры: Гибель великой цивилизации" посвящена истории завоевания Мексики испанцами в первой четверти XVI века. Главным ее содержанием является описание Мексиканской экспедиции Эрнана Кортеса и боевых действий 1519 1521 гг., однако значительно...

The Great Plains cover the central two-thirds of the United States, and during the nineteenth century were home to some of the largest and most powerful Indian tribes on the continent. The conflict between those tribes and the newcomers from the Old World lasted about one hundred and fifty years, and required the resources of five nations - Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate Sta...

The Spanish conquest of Mexico was the most remarkable military expedition in history, and in achieving it, Hernan Cortes proved himself as one of the greatest generals of all time. This book explains the background of the Aztec Empire and of the Spanish presence in Mexico. It describes the lives of the Aztecs in their glittering capital and of the Europeans who learned to adapt and survive in an ...