Cameron, Roderick.

Viceroyalties of the West. The Spanish Empire in Latin America.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968. 24.6cm x 16.1cm. 276 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Journey through three hundred years of the Spanish viceregal age in the Americas, dating from the beginning of the sixteenth century/ description in words and picture of the strange and striking colonial architecture which evolved during those years/ buildings of the New World, from Vera Cruz to Quito, to Lima and beyond/ the history of the Spanish empire brought to life: the splendour and the poverty, the magnificent cities and the beautiful countryside, the wealthy sophisticated European travellers and the primitive native Indians/ the author spent months travelling through this vast area researching for this book/ an entertaining evocation of an age, an architecture, and a civilization/ El Camino/ La Ciudad de los Muertos/ The Phoenix City/ Guatemala/ A Creole World/ Silver mines and the Churrigueresque/ Cuzco/ Bolivia/ The Altiplano etc.

• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297762060
• Inventory Number: 40275AB

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