Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Contributors: Anthony Pagden (Introduction); Nigel Griffin (Translator)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: September 8, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780140445626
First sentence: Everything that has happened since the marvellous discovery of the Americas - from the short-lived initial attempts of the Spanish to settle there, right down to the present day - has been so extraordinary that the whole story remains quite incredible to anyone who has not experienced it at first hand.