Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-78) and index.
Contents:
Where Pizarro came from -- The Spanish conquistadores -- The business of conquest -- A glimpse of gold -- The Inca empire -- Epidemics and civil wars -- The decisive day -- Turning an empire into a colony -- The struggle for freedom.
Summary:
Tells the life story of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro and describes the Incan Empire, Pizarro's conquest of it, and Peru's long struggle for independence.
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