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Book The Lure of Peru

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter T. Bradley
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book The Lure of Peru written by Peter T. Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lure of Peru

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter T Bradley
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 1989-11-02
  • ISBN : 1349203211
  • Pages : 255 pages

Download or read book The Lure of Peru written by Peter T Bradley and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-11-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pillaging the Empire

Download or read book Pillaging the Empire written by Kris E Lane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory survey to maritime predation in the Americas from the age of Columbus to the reign of the Spanish king Philip V includes piracy, privateering (state-sponsored sea-robbery), and genuine warfare carried out by professional navies.

Book The Ebk Pillaging the Empire

Download or read book The Ebk Pillaging the Empire written by Lane and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory survey to maritime predation in the Americas from the age of Columbus to the reign of the Spanish king Philip V includes piracy, privateering (state-sponsored sea-robbery), and genuine warfare carried out by professional navies.

Book Icons of Invention  2 volumes

Download or read book Icons of Invention 2 volumes written by John W. Klooster and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two volumes provide in-depth coverage of 24 of history's most important inventors and their inventions. Who invented the sewing machine, the telephone, the internal combustion engine? Who pioneered vaccination? Who gave the world television, nylon, the nuclear reactor? The answers to some of these questions are straightforward, the answers to others much less so. All of them are explored in the fascinating Icons of Invention: The Makers of the Modern World from Gutenberg to Gates. This in-depth resource tells the stories of 24 of the most influential and well-known inventions of the modern age—and of the individuals most responsible for their development. Presented in chronological order, the entries provide background on the lives and work of inventors such as Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, and Tim Berners-Lee. At the same time, the set profiles their competitors and details the sometimes-controversial, often-mistake-plagued routes almost all of them took to their most famous creations.

Book Peru

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Crabtree
  • Publisher : Oxfam
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780855984823
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Peru written by John Crabtree and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2002 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The background, the issues, the people"--Cover.

Book The Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperialism in America  1492 1810

Download or read book The Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperialism in America 1492 1810 written by John Fisher and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 2nd English edition of John Fisher’s acclaimed book. The study examines economic relations between Spain and Spanish America in the colonial period, and their implications for the economic structures of both parties, from the beginning of Spanish imperialism until the outbreak of the Spanish-American revolutions for Independence. Originally published in Spanish in 1992, the text has been fully revised for this first English edition. Fisher begins with a general overview of the economic aspects of Spanish imperialism in America until the mid-sixteenth century before considering what America was able to offer Spain (and, through her, Europe as a whole), in terms of products and resources. A detailed explanation of imperial commercial policy follows and a close examination is made of inter-colonial trade, explaining ways in which it was articulated both directly and indirectly towards trans-Atlantic structures. The final four chapters of the book deal exclusively with the Bourbon era inaugurated in 1700. Issues tackled include the Spanish defeat at the hands of the British, the impact of commercial reform upon economic life in America and Spanish-Spanish American relations on the eve of the revolutions for Independence.

Book British Maritime Enterprise in the New World

Download or read book British Maritime Enterprise in the New World written by Peter T. Bradley and published by Peter Bradley. This book was released on 1999 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a survey of the voyages of English navigators, from the pioneers of the late 15th century to the scientific expeditions of the early 19th century, not only in South American waters, but also the Caribbean and North America.

Book Crusoe s Island

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrew Lambert
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Release : 2016-09-13
  • ISBN : 0571330258
  • Pages : 251 pages

Download or read book Crusoe s Island written by Andrew Lambert and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an acclaimed naval historian, Crusoe's Island charts the curious relationship between the British and an island on the other side of the world: Robinson Crusoe, in the South Pacific.The tiny island assumed a remarkable position in British culture, most famously in Daniel Defoe's novel. Andrew Lambert reveals the truth behind the legend of this place, bringing to life the voices of the visiting sailors, scientists and artists, as well as the wonders, tragedy and violence that they encountered.

Book The Course of Andean History

Download or read book The Course of Andean History written by Peter V. N. Henderson and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only comprehensive history of Andean South America from initial settlement to the present, this useful book focuses on Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, the four countries where the Andes have played a major role in shaping history. Although Henderson emphasizes the period since the winning of independence in 1825, he argues that the region’s republican history cannot be explained without a clear understanding of what happened in the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras Henderson carefully explores the complex relationship between the Andean peoples and their land up until the fall of the Inka Empire in 1532 before addressing the Spanish conquest and the colonial aftermath, emphasizing the syncretism often unwillingly forced upon the original inhabitants of the region. His account of the nineteenth century discusses the attempts of the Andean elite to fashion modern nation-states in the face of many divisive factors, including race. The final chapters carry the story from 1930 to the present as the Andean countries debated different ways to create a more inclusive and prosperous society.

Book Peru

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dilwyn Jenkins
  • Publisher : Rough Guides
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781843530749
  • Pages : 668 pages

Download or read book Peru written by Dilwyn Jenkins and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Rough Guide to Peru' is a comprehensive handbook for the independent traveller that provides entertaining coverage of all the sights, detailed listings of the best places to stay and eat, and practical advice for outdoor pursuits.

Book Hummingbirds Journey To God  Perspective

Download or read book Hummingbirds Journey To God Perspective written by Ross Heaven and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Pedro, a visionary and hallucinogenic brew derived from the mescaline-based Trichocereus pachanoi or 'cactus of vision', is one of Peru’s most important and powerful teacher plants. For thousands of years this brew has been drunk by spiritual seekers and those who need healing, and has cured a wide variety of physical problems, including cancer, diabetes, paralysis and pneumonia, and emotional and psychological issues such as alcoholism, heartbreak and grief. Those who work with it say San Pedro brings us closer to God. There has been no book specifically written about the shamanic use of San Pedro…until now. This important volume is therefore a first of its kind. In it, Ross Heaven looks at the healing and ceremonial usage of San Pedro, with interviews and case studies from shamans and participants who offer their remarkable stories of instant cures and spiritual insights.

Book The Rough Guide to Peru

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dilwyn Jenkins
  • Publisher : Rough Guides UK
  • Release : 2012-01-01
  • ISBN : 1405389850
  • Pages : 555 pages

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Peru written by Dilwyn Jenkins and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides practical advice on planning a trip to Peru, describes points of interest in each section of the country, and includes information on restaurants, nightspots, and shops.

Book Colonialism Past and Present

Download or read book Colonialism Past and Present written by Alvaro Felix Bolanos and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critiques lingering manifestations of colonialism in contemporary Latin American scholarship.

Book Habsburg Peru

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter T. Bradley
  • Publisher : Liverpool University Press
  • Release : 2000-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780853239147
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book Habsburg Peru written by Peter T. Bradley and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The two case studies presented in this book represent two distinct types of imagining by two diametrically different groups: literate, and in some cases erudite Europeans, and a vanquished native nobility. The former endeavoured to make sense of Spain's (and Portugal's) 'marvellous possessions' in the New World with the limited conceptual tools at their disposal, the latter to construct a colonial identity based on their shared ancestral memory while incorporating elements from the even more wondrous Hispanic culture that had overwhelmed them. There were, of course, multiple misunderstandings and misinterpretations. Yet for the Spanish such distortions were a matter of government and religion, rectifiable in the fullness of time, whether by evangelisation or the relentless application of civil and canon law.

Book Bourbon Peru  1750 1824

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  • Author : John Robert Fisher
  • Publisher : Liverpool University Press
  • Release : 2003-01-01
  • ISBN : 0853239088
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Bourbon Peru 1750 1824 written by John Robert Fisher and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

Book The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire  1713 1763

Download or read book The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire 1713 1763 written by Paul W. Mapp and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking from scholars' traditional focus on the Atlantic world, Paul W. Mapp demonstrates the centrality of hitherto understudied western regions to early American history and shows that a Pacific focus is crucial to understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the Seven Years' War.