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This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

In five concise chapters, this work represents the Middle Ages through the mental prism of Alfonso Reyes, better known as the "Mexicano Universal." The book gives new insights into chivalric values, Marian movements, philosophic thought, mythical cycles, and folkloric tales of the age.

Esta obra reflexiona sobre la formación de las colectividades vascas en el exterior desde el s. XVI hasta los albores del s. XXI. Los vascos, como otros pueblos emigrantes del pasado y presente, presentaron una gran tendencia a mostrarse ante las sociedades que los acogieron de un modo colectivo, adoptando una identidad peculiar que permeaba a todos los procedentes de un mismo origen geográfico y cultural. Estas identidades colectivas descansaban en dos pilares: una organización interna nucleada en torno a la aparición de instituciones que, si bien nunca acogieron a la totalidad de los...