Balkan, Evan L.

Wrath of God : Lope de Aguirre, Revolutionary of the Americas. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages)

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: Revenge in Bare Feet -- Part I -- 1: Aguirre's Place in the World -- 2: Arrival in the New World -- 3: The Madman -- 4: The Discharge of the Land -- 5: Models and Failures -- 6: Warnings and Omens -- 7: Ursúa's Sepulcher -- 8: El Traidor and the Prince -- 9: "Birds mourned on the trees" -- 10: The Wrath of God -- 11: Emergence from the Jungle -- Illustrations, Photos, and Maps -- Part II -- 12: The Sack of Margarita -- 13: Llamoso's Fidelity -- 14: Rebel until Death -- 15: Death Comes -- 16: Legacy -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

9780826350459


Aguirre, Lope de, -- d. 1561.
Insurgency -- South America -- History -- 16th century.
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.
Explorers -- South America -- Biography.
South America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
South America -- History -- 16th century.


Electronic books.

E125.A35 -- B35 2011eb

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