The Penguin History of Latin America
by Edwin Williamson
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Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portuguese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, and gives an overview of the cultural developments that have made Latin America a source of fascination for the world.
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The Penguin History of Latin America
February 23, 2010, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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0141034750 9780141034751
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Penguin History of Latin America: New Edition
2003, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0141937440 9780141937441
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"After enduring a long and testing voyage across unknown regions of the Atlantic Ocean, the Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus came within sight of land in the early morning of 12 October 1492."
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