The last conquistador
Subtitle: Mansio Serra de Leguizamón and the conquest of the Incas
By: Stuart Stirling.
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Serra de Leguizamón, Mansio, -- 1512-1590; Conquerors -- Peru; Incas -- History -- 16th century; Conquerors -- Spain -- Biography; Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Mansio Serra de Leguizamón and the conquest of the Incas
Description: "The Inca civilization of Peru was one of the greatest of the ancient civilizations of the Americas. In the 1530s the Spanish, led by the conquistador Pizarro, arrived in Peru. In their search for gold, they devastated the Inca culture, destroying its treasures, killing its leaders and bringing to an end the infrastructure of its empire." "With Pizarro came one Mansio Serra de Leguizamon, who became the last of the Spanish conquistadors to die. This book tells his amazing story. He died at the age of seventy-eight, leaving a unique and famous apology for the conquest in his will. This book takes this remarkable document as its starting point, weaving a fascinating, sometimes disturbing tale of the vicious subjugation of the Inca civilization."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.