Captain Bernardo De Vargas Machuca

Gebundenes Buch

The Indian Militia and Description of the Indies

Beschreibung

Translation of this late 16th century text, recently termed "the first manual of guerrilla warfare ever published," will contribute to a deeper understanding of the history of Spanish colonization, and of the history of science and medicine.

Autor

Bernardo de Vargas Machuca (c. 1550–1622) was a soldier from Simancas, Spain, who served in Italty and in numerous South American pacification campaigns. Kris Lane is Associate Professor of History at the College of William & Mary. He is the author of Quito, 1599: City and Colony in Transition and Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500–1750. Timothy F. Johnson is a teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis. Bernardo de Vargas Machuca (c. 1550–1622) was a soldier from Simancas, Spain, who served in Italty and in numerous South American pacification campaigns. Kris Lane is Associate Professor of History at the College of William & Mary. He is the author of Quito, 1599: City and Colony in Transition and Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500–1750. Timothy F. Johnson is a teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780822342977
• ISBN-10: 0822342979
• Artikelnr.: 23880346