The South American Republics, Part II


Lu par Piotr Nater

(5 stars; 2 reviews)

This history begins when Pizarro and Almagro, Valdivia and Benalcazar, led their desperadoes across the Isthmus to the conquest, massacre, and enslavement of the prosperous and civilised millions who inhabited the Pacific coast of South America. It ends with the United States opening a way through that same Isthmus for the ships, the trade, the capital of all the world; with American engineers laying railroad iron on the imperial highway of the Incas; with British bondholders forgiving stricken Peru's national debt; with their debtor bravely facing the fact of bankruptcy, and turning over to them all its railways. (from the Preface, available in the source text together with the bibliography and numerous pictures) (11 hr 43 min)

Chapitres

PERU I. THE INCA EMPIRE 25:50 Lu par Piotr Nater
PERU II. THE SPANISH CONQUEST 31:29 Lu par Piotr Nater
PERU III. CIVIL WARS AMONG THE CONQUERORS 25:28 Lu par Piotr Nater
PERU IV. THE COLONIAL PERIOD 24:06 Lu par Piotr Nater
PERU V. THE WARS OF INDEPENDENCE 33:46 Lu par Piotr Nater
PERU VI. FROM INDEPENDENCE TO CHILEAN WAR 28:13 Lu par Piotr Nater
PERU VII. THE CHILEAN WAR AND LATTER-DAY PERU 25:42 Lu par Piotr Nater
CHILE I. THE SPANISH CONQUEST 19:57 Lu par Piotr Nater
CHILE II. THE COLONIAL PERIOD 11:23 Lu par Piotr Nater
CHILE III. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE PT. 1 25:06 Lu par Piotr Nater
CHILE III. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE PT. 2 20:57 Lu par Piotr Nater
CHILE IV. THE FORMATIVE PERIOD 32:54 Lu par Piotr Nater
CHILE V. CHILE'S GREATNESS AND THE CIVIL WAR 33:21 Lu par Piotr Nater
BOLIVIA I. THE CONQUEST AND THE MINES 19:09 Lu par Piotr Nater
BOLIVIA II. THE COLONIAL SYSTEM AND TUPAC'S REVOLT 11:19 Lu par Piotr Nater
BOLIVIA III. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 16:49 Lu par Piotr Nater
BOLIVIA IV. BOLIVIA INDEPENDENT 26:46 Lu par Piotr Nater
ECUADOR I. THE CARAS 20:34 Lu par Piotr Nater
ECUADOR II. THE SPANISH CONQUEST 20:50 Lu par Piotr Nater
ECUADOR III. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 14:03 Lu par Piotr Nater
ECUADOR IV. THE FORMATION OF ECUADOR 13:29 Lu par Piotr Nater
ECUADOR V. MODERN ECUADOR 20:50 Lu par Piotr Nater
VENEZUELA I. CONQUEST, SETTLEMENT, AND COLONIAL DAYS 16:18 Lu par Piotr Nater
VENEZUELA II. THE REVOLT 40:47 Lu par Piotr Nater
VENEZUELA III. MODERN VENEZUELA 24:17 Lu par Piotr Nater
COLOMBIA I. CONQUEST AND SETTLEMENT 22:11 Lu par Piotr Nater
COLOMBIA II. COLONIAL TIMES 15:32 Lu par Piotr Nater
COLOMBIA III. THE WAR AGAINST SPAIN 24:09 Lu par Piotr Nater
COLOMBIA IV. MODERN COLOMBIA 37:55 Lu par Piotr Nater
PANAMA. THE EVENTS LEADING TO INDEPENDENCE 20:09 Lu par Piotr Nater

Critiques


(5 stars)

The book is perfectly read, and entertaining, well written and extremely informative.