Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan by Hugh Thomas

Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan

Spanish Empire #1

Hugh Thomas

720 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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The lofty aspirations of the first explorers died hard, as the pursuit of wealth and glory competed with the pursuit of pious impulses. The adventurers from Spain were also, of course, curious about geographical mysteries, and they had a remarkabl...

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