Defending the conquest : Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and discourse of the western conquests / edited by Kris Lane ; translated by Timothy F. Johnson.
Apologías y discursos de las conquistas occidentales. English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction to Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense of the Western Conquests, or Apologetic Discourses / Kris Lane -- Note on the Translation / Timothy F. Johnson -- Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests / Bernardo de Vargas Machuca ; Translated by Timothy F. Johnson.
Summary:
"An English translation and critical edition of a refutation, written about 1603 (revised in 1612) by the soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, of Bartolome de las Casas's famous Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1558)"--Provided by publisher. First published in 1879 as Apologías y discursos de las conquistas occidentales.
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