1844 The History of the Discovery and Conquest of America

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Illustrated, Leather Binding

Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, title vignette, and two folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive history of the discovery, by Europeans, and conquest of America. With commentary on navigational processes, the life and education of Columbus, war with the indigenous peoples, the role of Cortes, manners and customs, and more. Including reference to the development of governments. Written by William Robertson, a Scottish historian, cleric, and educator who served as Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Chaplain of Stirling Castle, and one of the King's Chaplains in Scotland. With a memoir of the author by Dugald Stewart, a Scottish philosopher and mathematician regarded as one of the most important figures of the later Scottish Enlightenment.