CULTURAL READINGS: Colonization & Print in the Americas

Jay I. Kislak Foundation	Pedro de Cieza de León, Parte primera de la chronica del Peru. Seville: Martin de Montesdoca, 1553. Detail
At times, Cieza appears aware of the fragility of Andean culture and its deterioration at the hands of the Spanish, at sites like the Potosi mountain silver mine.

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Promotion and Possession

• [Return to] New Spain
• The English Colonies
• New France

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