Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140285284 (0140285288)
Publish date: January 1st 2009
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 640
Edition language: English
Long before there was a Britain to have an empire upon which the sun never set, Spain established a presence that spanned the globe. From the Caribbean and Central America to the Philippines, the Spanish empire thrived as the first expression of European global dominance — an achievement even more r...