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Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan

By Hugh Thomas
Unabridged — 27 hours, 25 minutes
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By Hugh Thomas
Unabridged — 27 hours, 25 minutes
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From one of the greatest historians of the Spanish world, here is a fresh and fascinating account of Spain's early conquests in the Americas.



Hugh Thomas shows Spain at the dawn of the sixteenth century as a world power on the brink of greatness. For Spain and for the world, the decision to send Christopher Columbus west was epochal-the dividing line between the medieval and the modern.



Spain's colonial adventures began inauspiciously. In spite of its small scale, it was a mission of astoundi...