"1490-1499" . . "Kolonie." . . "America Latina - Conquista spagnola." . . "HISTORY Europe Spain & Portugal." . . "Amérique" . . "Amérique." . "America - Conquista spagnola." . . "kolonisering" . . "Ameryka Łacińska" . . "1500-1549" . . "Kolonialisme." . . "Espagne 1479-1516 (Ferdinand et Isabelle)" . . "Espagne 1479-1516 (Ferdinand et Isabelle)." . "opdagelsesrejser" . . "Ontdekkingsreizen." . . "Colonie espagnole." . . "Electronic books." . . . . "Rogers D. Spotswood Collection." . . "Spanien." . . "Spanien" . "Kolonie spanische Amerika Geschichte 16. Jh." . . "historie" . . "Latinamerika" . . "América española" . . "Eroberung." . . "İspanya" . . "Latin America" . . "Hiszpania" . . "Aspect religieux." . . "HISTORY Latin America General." . . "Latin America Discovery and exploration Religious aspects." . . "Amérique latine" . . "Espagne" . . "Espagne." . "America" . . "América" . "Amérique Découverte et exploration espagnoles." . . "Histoire." . . "Kolonie Spanien Geschichte 1492-1522." . . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish Empire from Columbus to Magellan" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Rivers of gold the rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan" . . "History" . . . . . . "Rivers of gold" . . . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish Empire" . . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish Empire"@en . . "Rivers of Gold : the Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan"@en . "History"@en . . "Rivers of gold the rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan"@en . . . "A history of Spain's first thirty years in the Americas traces Columbus's pioneering voyage through Magellan's first circumnavigation of the earth." . . . . . "Rivers of gold the rise of the Spanish Empire" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan" . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan"@en . . . . . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish empire" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Rise of the Spanish Empire" . . . . . . . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish empire, from Columbus to Magellan"@en . . . . "From one of the greatest historians of the Spanish world, here is a fresh and fascinating account of Spain's early conquests in the Americas. Hugh Thomas's magisterial narrative of Spain in the New World has all the characteristics of great historical literature: amazing discoveries, ambition, greed, religious fanaticism, court intrigue, and a battle for the soul of humankind. Hugh Thomas shows Spain at the dawn of the sixteenth century as a world power on the brink of greatness. Her monarchs, Fernando and Isabel, had retaken Granada from Islam, thereby completing restoration of the entire Iberian peninsula to Catholic rule. Flush with success, they agreed to sponsor an obscure Genoese sailor's plan to sail west to the Indies, where, legend purported, gold and spices flowed as if they were rivers. For Spain and for the world, this decision to send Christopher Columbus west was epochal'the dividing line between the medieval and the modern. Spain's colonial adventures began inauspiciously: Columbus's meagerly funded expedition cost less than a Spanish princess's recent wedding. In spite of its small scale, it was a mission of astounding scope: to claim for Spain all the wealth of the Indies. The gold alone, thought Columbus, would fund a grand Crusade to reunite Christendom with its holy city, Jerusalem. The lofty aspirations of the first explorers died hard, as the pursuit of wealth and glory competed with the pursuit of pious impulses. The adventurers from Spain were also, of course, curious about geographical mysteries, and they had a remarkable loyalty to their country. But rather than bridging earth and heaven, Spain's many conquests bore a bitter fruit. In their search for gold, Spaniards enslaved \"Indians\" from the Bahamas and the South American mainland. The eloquent protests of BartolomE de las Casas, here much discussed, began almost immediately. Columbus and other Spanish explorers'CortEs, Ponce de LeOn, and Magellan among them'created an empire for Spain of unsurpassed size and scope. But the door was soon open for other powers, enemies of Spain, to stake their claims. Great men and women dominate these pages: cardinals and bishops, priors and sailors, landowners and warriors, princes and priests, noblemen and their determined wives. Rivers of Gold is a great story brilliantly told. More significant, it is an engrossing history with many profound'often disturbing'echoes in the present."@en . . . . . "Geschiedenis (vorm)" . . . . . . . . "Rivers of gold : the rise of the Spanish Empire from Columbus to Magellan"@en . "1400 - 1599" . . "Lateinamerika." . . "1400-1499" . . "España" . . "Latijns-Amerika." . . "Spain" . . "1479 - 1566" . . "Eroberung Amerika Geschichte 15. Jh." . . "Découverte géographique." . . "1500-1599" . . "Spanje." . . "HISTORY Latin America South America." . . "Explorers Civilization 19th century Dictionaries America." . . "Spaanse koloniën." . . "1479 - 1599" . . "Geschichte 1492-1522." . . "imperialisme" . . "To 1600" . . "Amerika" . . "Espagne Colonies Amérique Histoire." . . "Eroberung Amerika Geschichte 16. Jh." . . "colonie Amérique Espagne 1492 / 1522." . . "Spagna - Politica coloniale - Sec.16." . . "Espagne Colonies Histoire Amérique." . . "Espagne 1516-1556 (Charles I)" . . "Espagne 1516-1556 (Charles I)." .