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Author Balkan, Evan, 1972-

Title The wrath of God : Lope de Aguirre, revolutionary of the Americas / Evan L. Balkan
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 225 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Revenge in Bare Feet; Part I; 1: Aguirre's Place in the World; 2: Arrival in the New World; 3: The Madman; 4: The Discharge of the Land; 5: Models and Failures; 6: Warnings and Omens; 7: UrsĂșa's Sepulcher; 8: El Traidor and the Prince; 9: "Birds mourned on the trees"; 10: The Wrath of God; 11: Emergence from the Jungle; Illustrations, Photos, and Maps; Part II; 12: The Sack of Margarita; 13: Llamoso's Fidelity; 14: Rebel until Death; 15: Death Comes; 16: Legacy; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-218) and index
Notes English
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Subject Aguirre, Lope de, 1510-1561
SUBJECT Aguirre, Lope de, 1510-1561 fast
Subject Insurgency -- South America -- History -- 16th century
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography
Explorers -- South America -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
Explorers
Insurgency
SUBJECT South America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
South America -- History -- 16th century
Subject South America
Spain
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826350459
0826350453