Author: Clements R. Markham

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-27

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781330873168

Excerpt from The Conquest of New Granada Some knowledge of the civilisation of the Aztecs and Incas, of the conquests of Mexico and Peru as told by Prescott, with the stories of Cortes and Pizarro, is part of a liberal education. But the civilisation of the Chibchas and the story of the conquest of New Granada by Quesada has found no Prescott, and is unknown to our English literature. A great many years ago, General Mosquera - a former well-known President of New Granada - dined with Sir Roderick Murchison at the Geographical Club, and took me in his carriage to the meeting. In conversation the General expressed regret that although Mexico and Peru had found a historian, writing in the English language, his own country - the story of which was quite as interesting - had not. General Mosquera was himself an author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.