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1519: A Journey to the End of Time
John Harrison
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Description for 1519: A Journey to the End of Time
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When Hernan Cortes met the Mayans, Aztecs and other cultures of the gulf coast of Mexico in 1519, it was the first extended contact between the peoples of continental America and Europe. The Spanish found cities larger and better run than any in Europe, and pyramids greater than Egypt's. The Aztecs believed time was running down and they lived in the final age of the world. Many Spaniards believed Christ's millennium was approaching, and God's revelation of Americas had opened the final act: the conversion of the remote races of the earth. After the Day of Judgement God's experiment with ... Read more
When Hernan Cortes met the Mayans, Aztecs and other cultures of the gulf coast of Mexico in 1519, it was the first extended contact between the peoples of continental America and Europe. The Spanish found cities larger and better run than any in Europe, and pyramids greater than Egypt's. The Aztecs believed time was running down and they lived in the final age of the world. Many Spaniards believed Christ's millennium was approaching, and God's revelation of Americas had opened the final act: the conversion of the remote races of the earth. After the Day of Judgement God's experiment with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910409800
SKU
V9781910409800
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About John Harrison
John Harrison's award-winning travel writing in Cloud Road, Where the Earth Ends and Forgotten Footprints has featured journeys in South America and Antarctica. He has won the Alexander Cordell Prize twice, the 2011 Wales Book of the Year, and the 2013 Wales Book of the Year Creative Non-Fiction Award. He wrote 1519: A Journey to the End of Time after ... Read more
Reviews for 1519: A Journey to the End of Time
'His approach is thorough and his excitement contagious...'
The Independent on Sunday '...[a] brave and beautifully written book...'
The Telegraph '...Harrison is a great travel writer and an illuminating historical one.'
Jonathan Edwards, 2014 Costa Prize winner
The Independent on Sunday '...[a] brave and beautifully written book...'
The Telegraph '...Harrison is a great travel writer and an illuminating historical one.'
Jonathan Edwards, 2014 Costa Prize winner