The History of the Discovery and Conquest of America, abridged

Title: The History of the Discovery and Conquest of America, abridged
Author: F.R.S. William Robertson, D.D.
Publisher: Scott, Webster, and Geary, London
Published: 1842
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 551
Catalogs: History, American History, Conquest
Description: Original green cloth binding, with water damage on bottom half of both boards and nearby pages. Spine has gilt lettering, and blind embossing to boards and spine. Frontispiece of William Robertson, and title page illustration of Atahualpa, Inca of Peru, seized by Pizarro. Contains a fold-out map of the West India Islands, including Central America and the northern coast of South America. A second fold-out map shows New Spain, including Mexico and what is now the southern United States. Some pages hand-cut, with minor tearing, and a few pages uncut. Contents include Columbus's expedition to the East Indies, descriptions of the civilizations of the West India islands, political and economic interests of Spain, an account of the actions of Bartolomé de Las Casas, the history of the conquests and settlements made by Cortes, the history of the conquest of Peru by Pizarro, a view of the institutions and manners the Mexicans and Peruvians prior to, and at the time of conquest, the government of the Spanish colonies, the depopulation of Spanish America, and more. The omitted books in this abridged version are an account of the settlement of Virginia and New England, which the preface notes are not truly connected with this work, and are fragments of a larger work Robertson planned, but never finished, on British America. Contains a memoir of the author entitled the Life and Writings of William Robertson, by Dugald Stewart, F.R.S.E. Hardcover, acceptable condition with dampstain. 551 pages, 24mo.