HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO: 1896, New & Revised Edition
by Prescott, William H.; (John Foster Kirk, Editor)
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London, UK: George Routledge & Sons, 1896. New & Revised Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/As New, showing faint margin discoloration. Gilt embossed, maroon boards/NF w/light corner tips rubs. DJ/None. Frontispiece: Conquistador Hernan Cortes. Book shop label (Paris) & PO name to front cover verso; PO again to fEP. Classic work of historian, scholar of late Renaissance Spain and the early Spanish Empire William H. Prescott (1796 - 1859). First published 1843; this copy, still carrying the Preface of 1843, is the New & Revised Edition of 1896. 654 pgs, complete in one volume. Chronicle admired exhaustive, systematic use of archives, accurate recreation of sequences of events, balanced judgments and prose. Primary focus on political and military affairs based on then available Spanish records. Milestone in historiography, book is available in 10 laguages, and Prescott hailed as America's first scientific historian.
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- Title
- HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO: 1896, New & Revised Edition
- Author
- Prescott, William H.; (John Foster Kirk, Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New & Revised Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- History/Spain/Mexico/Conquest/Military
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