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The Spanish mission

posted in Books, News on December 7, 2020 by derek 0 Comment

Conquistadores – A New History Fernando Cervantes, Allen Lane, 2020, 487 pages Christopher Columbus stands surrounded by traffic at the corner of Central Park, dwarfed by the beetling buildings of Broadway and Eighth. Yet his statue still draws eyes and imaginations, an emblem of all the Americas – Italian trailblazer for the “New Spanish”, carrying… Continue reading →