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8220Arichly researched account of the clever,
industrious and deeply practical men who followed
in the footsteps, often literally, of Columbus,
Cort233s Pizarro, N250241ez de Balboa and
others.82218212Wall Street Journal The untold
story of the engineering behind the empire,
showing how imperial Spain built upon existing
infrastructure and hierarchies of the Inca,
Aztec, and more, to further its
growth. Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor,
disunited, and sparsely populated. Yet the
Spaniards and their allies built the largest
empire the world had ever seen. How did they
achieve this? Felipe Fern225nde-Armesto and
Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that
Spain8217sengineers were critical to
this venture. The Spanish invested in
infrastructure to the advantage of local power
brokers, enhancing the abilities of incumbent
elites to grow wealthy on trade, and widening
the arc of Spanish influence. Bringing to life
stories of engineers, prospectors, soldiers, and
priests, the authors paint a vivid portrait of
Spanish America in the age of conquest. This is
a dazzling new history of the Spanish Empire, and
a new understanding of empire itself, as a
venture marked as much by collaboration as
oppression.
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How the Spanish Empire Was Built A 400 Year
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