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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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Year of publication
1994
Place of printing
New York. Henry Holt Company
Author
Minta, Stephen
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - South America
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

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.