Death in the Snow: Pedro de Alvarado and the Illusive Conquest of Peru Volume 5

by W. George Lovell

Book Overview

Pedro de Alvarado is best known as the right-hand man of Hernando Cort s in the conquest of Mexico (1519-21) and the ruthless conqueror of Guatemala some years later. Far less known is his intent to intrude in the conquest of Peru and lay claim to Quito, a wealthy domain in the far north of the Inca Empire. To this end, Alvarado constructed a massive fleet, which sailed south from Central America to what is now Ecuador, making landfall on 25 February...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228014409
• ISBN13: 9780228014409
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"