From early in their history, England and Spain were among the most competitive of European nations. Both were formed from migrant minorities, conquerors who merged with the native population and established culture only to become, in turn, the conquered. As England and Spain evolved into monarchies, their ambition and their enmity increased. The New World provided a new arena for their competition. Soon their mutual enmity spread from Florida to California spawning a conflict whose repercussions are still felt throughout North America. Concentrating on the colonization of the Americas and the...
From early in their history, England and Spain were among the most competitive of European nations. Both were formed from migrant minorities, conquero...
Aiming to bring Latin American heroes 'out of the shadow cast over them outside their own region', this book features biographies of 32 notable figures in Latin American history.
Aiming to bring Latin American heroes 'out of the shadow cast over them outside their own region', this book features biographies of 32 notable figure...
