Book Review: Conquistadores: A New History
By
Andrew Downie
Fernando Cervantes' detailed examination of history allows for a timely reframing of Columbus' conquest.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on transnational organized crime A long time has passed since Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortés and Francisco Pizarro arrived in the New World, and it seems like there is little that we don’t know about their historic voyages from Spain They came, they saw, they conquered, killing hundreds of thousands of locals, plundering unimaginable amounts of gold, silver and jewels, and transforming the region in almost every possible way Conquistadores: A New History by Fernando Cervantes is billed as a “reframing” of the...
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