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The Rest Is HistoryFebruary 27, 2023
308: Columbus: Death in the Caribbean (Part 3)
About This Episode
Columbus returns to the remnants of his first voyage to the "Indies", having convinced Isabella and Ferdinand to fund a larger second trip. Desperate to make his mission financially fruitful, his search for wealth and capital unleashes horror on the land that he has “discovered”. Columbus makes enemies, causes destruction and starts to lose his grip on reality, whilst he attempts to cling to his newly-found power and status. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith
Book Mentions
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Books Mentioned
Rivers of Gold
Hugh Thomas
“In his book, Rivers of Gold, which is part of his mighty trilogy about the foundation of the Spanish Empire, the historian Hugh Thomas has the extraordinary phrase, This was the first account of lovemaking in the New World.”
ASIN: N/A
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“The great exponent of it, who you've written about in your book Dominion, I think, Bartolomeo Las Casas, the great priest who condemns the mistreatment of the...”
ASIN: B0FG3GN37P
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Conquistadores
Fernando Cervantes
“The book Conquistadores by Fernando Cervantes, who's a Mexican historian based in Britain, takes the Spanish religiosity really seriously and discusses their theological thinking.”
ASIN: B084V88257
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