Project Gutenberg 2016-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 160 Casas, Bartolomé de las 1484 1566 Casas, Bartolome de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de De las Casas, Bartolomé Historia de las Indias (vol. 3 de 5) Reading ease score: 21.2 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. Produced by Giovanni Fini, Josep Cols Canals, Biblioteca Digital Hispánica and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Historia de las Indias (vol. 3 de 5)" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a historical account written in the late 16th century. This work provides a detailed examination of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, focusing on the treatment of Indigenous peoples and the consequences of European conquests. The author, a Dominican friar and one of the first advocates for the rights of Indigenous populations, critiques the brutal exploitation and violence perpetrated against them by colonizers. The opening of the work presents a preliminary warning about the narratives that will unfold, detailing significant events from previous books while introducing stories of the Spanish endeavors in the New World. It highlights the arrival of Columbus back to Spain after his first voyages and the political maneuvers surrounding his privileges. In this portion, Las Casas outlines the injustices faced by the native populations, including the harsh treatment from the Spanish conquistadors and the establishment of exploitative systems such as encomiendas. The text sets the stage for a somber examination of colonial history, drawing the reader’s attention to the moral implications of these early encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) es America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800 Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Early works to 1800 Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America -- Early works to 1800 Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800 F1401 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 1034077 1034079 2024-10-22T06:59:29.269184 2023-09-23T05:15:59.931964 text/html text/html 1038723 2016-09-29T20:18:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 426184 2016-09-29T20:18:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 589039 2024-10-22T06:59:41.480090 application/epub+zip 591889 2024-10-22T06:59:30.648149 application/epub+zip 543718 2024-10-22T06:59:29.996148 application/epub+zip 785001 2024-10-22T06:59:50.587051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 660549 2024-10-22T06:59:40.763125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612755 2022-09-24T06:12:29.556551 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 980160 980016 2024-10-22T06:59:28.366151 2023-09-23T05:15:59.163938 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 980456 2016-09-29T20:18:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 351876 2016-09-29T20:18:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20471 2024-10-22T06:59:50.777175 application/rdf+xml 16270 2024-10-22T06:59:30.080136 image/jpeg 3124 2024-10-22T06:59:30.038160 image/jpeg 436233 2024-10-22T06:59:29.378138 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia