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Empire : how Spain became a world power, 1492-1763 / Henry Kamen.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins, 2004.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xxviii, 608 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0060194766 (alk. paper)
  • 9780060194765 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Spain's road to empire.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 315 DP 164 K15e 2004
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Contents:
Foundations; the early Western empire; a new world; creating a world power; the pearl of the Orient; the frontier; the business of world power; identities and the civilizing mission; shoring up the empire (1630-1700); under new management; conclusion - the silence of Pizarro.
Summary: Henry Kamen re-creates the dazzling world of Imperial Spain, from the capture of Moorish Granada and Columbus's first voyage in 1492, to its expansion into Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and the opening up of the frontiers in Texas and California in the 18th century
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315 DP 163 I74P 2007 Isabel la Católica : ¿un modelo de cristiandad? / 315 DP 164 K15i 2003 Imperio : la forja de España como potencia mundial / 315 DP 164 K48s 1989 Spain : rise and decline, 1474-1643 / 315 DP 164 K15e 2004 Empire : how Spain became a world power, 1492-1763 / 315 DP 164 M542r 1962 Los reyes católicos y otros estudios. 315 DP 17 C542s 2001 Spain at a glance 2001 / 315 DP 17 S732 2000 Spain

Originally published: Spain's road to empire. London : Penguin, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-576) and index.

Foundations; the early Western empire; a new world; creating a world power; the pearl of the Orient; the frontier; the business of world power; identities and the civilizing mission; shoring up the empire (1630-1700); under new management; conclusion - the silence of Pizarro.

Henry Kamen re-creates the dazzling world of Imperial Spain, from the capture of Moorish Granada and Columbus's first voyage in 1492, to its expansion into Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and the opening up of the frontiers in Texas and California in the 18th century

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