Attacking the Spanish

Attacking the Spanish
Author: Sabino Brunello
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781906552176

In chess the Spanish opening, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, is so respected that many Black players immediately start to defend. Sabino Brunello shows that Black can fight right from the start. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.00 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 00 8.c3 d5 The Marshall Attack is sound and aggressive, so it is no surprise that it is favoured by the world's best. The theory is so complex that an expert guide is required, and Brunello is well suited to the task. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 The Schliemann, with its reversed King's Gambit flair, has always been popular with club players, but grandmasters knew it was unsound. Then Teimour Radjabov started playing it successfully against the elite and sparked a revival. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.00 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 00 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5 The Gajewski variation is brand new. The position after White's tenth move had been reached a thousand times with 10...c5 universally played, before the Polish grandmaster Gajewski revealed that Black has a fascinating gambit at his disposal.

Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in Colonial South-East America, 1650–1725

Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in Colonial South-East America, 1650–1725
Author: Timothy Paul Grady
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317323866

Often played down in favour of the larger competition for empire between England and France, the influence of the Spanish in English Carolina and the English in Spanish Florida created a rivalry that shaped the early history of colonial south-east America. This study is the first to tell the full story of this rivalry.

Invading Guatemala

Invading Guatemala
Author: Matthew Restall
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 0271027584

The invasions of Guatemala -- Pedro de Alvarado's letters to Hernando Cortes, 1524 -- Other Spanish accounts -- Nahua accounts -- Maya accounts

Before Columbus

Before Columbus
Author: Charles C. Mann
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2009-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1416949003

A companion book for young readers based upon the explorations of the Americas in 1491, before those of Christopher Columbus.

Invading Colombia

Invading Colombia
Author: J. Michael Francis
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0271056495

In early April 1536, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada led a military expedition from the coastal city of Santa Marta deep into the interior of what is today modern Colombia. With roughly eight hundred Spaniards and numerous native carriers and black slaves, the Jiménez expedition was larger than the combined forces under Hernando Cortés and Francisco Pizarro. Over the course of the one-year campaign, nearly three-quarters of Jiménez’s men perished, most from illness and hunger. Yet, for the 179 survivors, the expedition proved to be one of the most profitable campaigns of the sixteenth century. Unfortunately, the history of the Spanish conquest of Colombia remains virtually unknown. Through a series of firsthand primary accounts, translated into English for the first time, Invading Colombia reconstructs the compelling tale of the Jiménez expedition, the early stages of the Spanish conquest of Muisca territory, and the foundation of the city of Santa Fé de Bogotá. We follow the expedition from the Canary Islands to Santa Marta, up the Magdalena River, and finally into Colombia’s eastern highlands. These highly engaging accounts not only challenge many current assumptions about the nature of Spanish conquests in the New World, but they also reveal a richly entertaining, yet tragic, tale that rivals the great conquest narratives of Mexico and Peru.

From Al-Andalus to Monte Sacro

From Al-Andalus to Monte Sacro
Author: Dolores Luna Guinot
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2014-03-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1490711562

During the time he spent in the Portuguese islands of Porto Santo and Madeira, Cristopher Columbus, a navigator from Genoa, was in charge of a dying sailor, from Castile whose caravel had been carried by the current from the Gulf of Guinea to a remote sea, possibly the Caribean. On his deathbed, this man had told Columbus the secret of some lands where Siberians had arrived during the Pleistocene and some documents about some possible previous trips. This sailor assured that such lands he had achieved carried by the currents were the same ones he was referring to. When Columbus arrived in Spain, he tried to convince the Crown of Castile about his projects, which were precisely the same ones that Isaiah had prophesied as destined for getting the limits of the horizons. During his description, Columbus looked so sure that both the Queen Isabel and the King Fernando wondered whether he was trying to conceal a proved reality, a mistery he took to his grave. When Columbus asked them for a subsidy, Fernando el Catlico commented him that coffers were empty at that point as they had just subjugated the whole Al-Andalus after the seizure of Granada and therefore the defeat of the most unlucky Nasrid king, Boabdil, known as the little man. Due to the Spanish explorers of the 15th century, Spain became the biggest commercial power amongst the European countries. They built up settlements which would last until three centuries later in a colonizing expansive process; until the loss of Spanish power on such territories from the decade of 1810s on, when the Independence began. Since the late 18th century, until the early 19th Century, the West witnessed a series of chain revolutions which affected Western Europe and Spanish America at the same time. The invasin of Napoleon, Francisco de Miranda, Simon Bolivar, Masonic lodges, together with envies, betrayals or lovers make this book to be a thrilling adventure based on historic real.

Turning Adversity to Advantage

Turning Adversity to Advantage
Author: Nancy McGown Minor
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2009-10-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0761848592

This book tells the story of the Lipan Apaches, once one of the largest and most aggressive tribes of the Rio Grande region. The story of the history of the Lipan Apaches is a tale of survival and preservation in the face of incredible challenges.

Coming Off Tranquillizers and Sleeping Pills

Coming Off Tranquillizers and Sleeping Pills
Author: Shirley Trickett
Publisher: HarperThorsons
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Benzodiazepine abuse
ISBN: 9780722523988

A simple and encouraging point-by-point guide to gradual withdrawl.-- Family Circle

The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century
Author: Maarten Prak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009240595

Substantially revised second edition of the leading textbook on the Dutch Republic, including new chapters on language and literature, and slavery.

A/AS Level History for AQA The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715 Student Book

A/AS Level History for AQA The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715 Student Book
Author: David Hickman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-07-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107571774

A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History. Written for the AQA A/AS Level History specifications for first teaching from 2015, this print Student Book covers The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643-1715 Depth component. Completely matched to the new AQA specification, this full-colour Student Book provides valuable background information to contextualise the period of study. Supporting students in developing their critical thinking, research and written communication skills, it also encourages them to make links between different time periods, topics and historical themes.