Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Francisco Pizarro

De: Charles River Editors

Narrado por: Colin Fluxman

Duración: 59 m

Resumen del Editor

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? The Age of Exploration and the explorers who set out on their history-making expeditions left many legacies and profoundly influenced history around the world. The voyages of men like Columbus and the conquests of men like Cortés had dramatic consequences for the natives, escalated tensions between the European nations, initiated imperialistic empires on a global scale, helped birth the United States, and ensured that the wars in the 20th century were truly world wars. In Charles River Editors' Legendary Explorers series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of the most important explorers of history in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

During the Age of Exploration, some of the most famous and infamous individuals were Spain's best known conquistadors. Naturally, as one of the best known conquistadors, Francisco Pizarro (1471/6-1541) is also one of the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortés before him, Pizarro was celebrated in Europe for subduing the Inca Empire, a culture that fascinated his contemporaries. At the same time, naturally, indigenous views of the man have been overwhelmingly negative.

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very disappointed in this.

I would think that the history of the conquest of the Incas would provide plenty of interesting material and make a great book. well it should. unless of course it is poorly written.
To me this feels like an absolute bare bones accounting. it does not come close to the story of Cortes in Mexico, and not because ther subject wasnt as compelling. It just appears the author was not very passionate or informed about the subject.