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Minta, Stephen

Aguirre; The Re-creation of a Sixteenth Century Journey Across South America

1994

22,56 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1994
Luogo di stampa
New York. Henry Holt Company
Autore
Minta, Stephen
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - South America
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; [xii], 244 pp, 3 maps, including double-page showing route, bibliography, index. original pictorial boards, spine title lettering, near fine and clean in dj (tears, section of rear panel lacking, not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Based on original sources and his own filling in the gaps, the author retraces the route of Lope de Aguirre in the sixteenth century through Colombia, Venezuela, up the Amazon through Brazil and into Peru, where he travels extensively reaching Cuzco. Aguirre had become a rebel and traitor to Spain and travelled with a large fighting force, which found a violent end.