William H. Prescott (1796–1859)
Auteur van History of the Conquest of Mexico
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Fotografie: William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) (Brady-Handy Photographs, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03537) (cropped)
Werken van William H. Prescott
history of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. The Catholic in Three Volumes. Volume III (1869) 15 exemplaren
Nations of the World Prescott's Mexico and The Life of The Conqueror Fernando Cortes Vol. I and II (1902) 5 exemplaren
William H. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico: Continuum Histories (Continuums Histories) (2009) 5 exemplaren
Papers 4 exemplaren
William Hickling Prescott; representative selections 4 exemplaren
History of the Conquest of Mexico with a prelinary view of the Ancient Mexican Civilization and the life of the… (1880) 4 exemplaren
History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies (2011) 4 exemplaren
Meksikon valloitus 3 exemplaren
The Complete Works Of William Hickling Prescott, Edited, With The Author’s Latest Corrections, by John Foster Kirk (1895) 3 exemplaren
Conquest of Mexico, 3 vols. 2 exemplaren
Prescott’s The Conquest of Mexico (Abridged). 2 exemplaren
Memoir of Hon. John Pickering, LL.D 2 exemplaren
Aztec Temples and Human Sacrifices 1 exemplaar
History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella 1 exemplaar
History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Peliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas 1 exemplaar
History of the Reign of Charles V [2 Vols.] 1 exemplaar
The Conquest of Mexico Volumes One and Two 1 exemplaar
La mort de l'empire azteque 1 exemplaar
Die Eroberung Perus 1 exemplaar
Los Reyes Católicos. Tomos 1 y 2 1 exemplaar
Peru (part of Nations of the world series) 1 exemplaar
The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott 1 exemplaar
Spaniens Aufstieg zur Weltmacht : aus der Regierungszeit Ferdinands und Isabellas von Spanien — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Podbój Peru 1 exemplaar
Historia de la Conquista del Perú, Precedida de una Ojeada Sobre la Civilización de los Incas, Vol. 1 (Classic… (2018) 1 exemplaar
The History of the Reign of Philip The Second, King of Spain (Volume III of Three Volumes) (1891) 1 exemplaar
History of the conquest of Peru; with a preliminary review of the civilization of the Incas 1 exemplaar
Critical and historical essays 1 exemplaar
William Hickling Prescott 1 exemplaar
Peru volume II 1 exemplaar
Peru volume I 1 exemplaar
Works: Aztec EditionÑvol 1 (of 3) of Conqust of Mexico; vol 1(of 2) of Conquest of Peru,1873, 1902 1 exemplaar
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume III. History of the Conquest of Mexico, Volume III. 1 exemplaar
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume VII. History of the Conquest of Peru, Volume I. 1 exemplaar
Nations of the World: Mexico and the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes, Vol. 1 (2012) 1 exemplaar
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume VIII. History of the Conquest of Peru, Volume II. 1 exemplaar
The Works of William H. Prescott, Volume II. History of the Conquest of Mexico, Volume II. 1 exemplaar
The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth with an Account of the Emperor's Life After His… (1895) 1 exemplaar
The History Of The Conquest Of Peru, Vol. II 1 exemplaar
The History of the Conquest of Peru, Vol. I 1 exemplaar
S&S Little Classics 1 exemplaar
Nations of the World: Mexico and the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes, Vol. 2 (2012) 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Peru, Volume 1 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. III 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. II 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Conquest of Mexico Vol. II 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Conquest of Mexico Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Conquest of Peru Vol. II 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Phillip II Vol. II 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Phillip II Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Conquest of Peru Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Peru, Volume 2 1 exemplaar
Biographical and critical essays 1 exemplaar
Ah, Wilderness 1 exemplaar
Nations of the World: Prescott's Mexico I 1 exemplaar
Nations of the World: Prescott's Peru I 1 exemplaar
Nations of the World: Prescott's Mexico II 1 exemplaar
Nations of the World: Prescott's Peru II 1 exemplaar
Prescott's Conquest of Peru 1 exemplaar
Osvojitev Mehike 1 exemplaar
The Art of Love 1 exemplaar
Metamorphoses 1 exemplaar
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- 1796-05-04
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1859-01-25
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Lynn, Massachusetts, USA - Opleiding
- Harvard College (BA|1814)
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- Boston Athenæum (trustee)
Perkins School for the Blind (trustee)
French Institute
Foreign Corresponding Member, Royal Academy of History in Madrid
Essex Institute - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Phi Beta Kappa (1814)
American Philosophical Society (1837)
Honorary Member, Society of the Cincinnati (1845)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1840)
Institut de France (1845)
American Antiquarian Society (1839) (toon alle 12)
Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin (1845)
Honorary doctorate, Oxford University (1850)
Honorary doctorate, Columbia University (1840)
Honorary doctorate, College of William and Mary (1841)
Honorary doctorate, South Carolina College (1841)
William Hickling Prescott House National Historic Landmark (1964)
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The book actually starts out with a wonderful framework of how the Incan Empire worked. The tiered hierarchy of life in Peru before the advent of the Spanish. As I read the accounts of daily life of these people, from the lowest worker to the highest ranking Inca, I watched several documentaries on the subject. I had thought that, perhaps, the information Prescott worked with had radically changed over the many decades of archeological studies. It has not. There has been some "filling in the blanks" as to daily life, but, the basic framework of life is the same as when Prescott was alive. Most probably this information also came from the same sources I previously alluded to: letters, diaries, and official documents. As it was, prior to moving in to fully conquer the Incas, Pizarro and his ilk made peaceful expeditionary explorations to learn the lay of the land.
All in all, I defiantly am happy to have read this book. It was from my dad's library which I inherited after he died.… (meer)