A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Esprios Classics) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781034078463)

Bartolomé de las Casas (11 November 1484 - 18 July 1566) was a 16th-century Spanish landowner, friar, priest, and bishop, famed as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman then became a Dominican friar and priest. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the West Indies. He described the atrocities committed by the colonizers against the indigenous peoples.

Author: Bartolomé de Las Casas
ISBN-10: 1034078461
ISBN-13: 9781034078463
Publisher: Blurb
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2024
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d