Cuzco 1536-37 : battle for the heart of the Inca Empire
Sheppard, Si, 1972-2021
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Here is a highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vast Inca Empire. In April 1532 a bloody civil war between two brothers ended with one of them, Atahualpa, as master of the mighty Inca Empire. Now the most powerful man in South America, his word was law for millions of subjects spread across thousands of square miles, from the parched deserts of the coast to the lush rainforest of the Amazon and along the spine of the soaring Andes Mountains. But the time of the Incas was coming to an end. This illustrated book brings to life the background to and progress of the desperate 10-month siege of Cuzco; the opposing commanders, their fighting men, tactics, and military technologies; the key clashes, from Sacsayhuamán to Ollantaytambo; and how the outcome shaped our world today.
Main title:
Cuzco 1536-37 : battle for the heart of the Inca Empire / Si Sheppard ; illustrated by Giuseppe Rava.
Author:
Sheppard, Si, 1972-, authorRava, Giuseppe, 1963-, illustrator
Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2021.
Collation:
96 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Campaign ; 372.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781472843807 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
985.3702
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1183547
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