Rivers Of Gold by Hugh Thomas
A sweeping narrative history of Spain’s expansion into the New World that follows the voyages of discovery and the exploits of conquistadors such as Columbus, Cortés and Pizarro, the brutal conquest and reordering of indigenous societies, and the institutional and economic systems set up to extract vast quantities of silver and gold. The book examines missionary activity, colonial administration, the transatlantic flows of wealth and people (including forced labor and slavery), and the ways those riches and imperial ambitions reshaped European politics, global trade networks and the cultures of the Americas and Asia.
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