Charles M. Robinson III

The Great Plains cover the central two-thirds of the United States, and during the nineteenth century were home to some of the largest and most powerful Native American tribes on the continent. The conflict between those tribes and the colonists from the Old World lasted about one hundred and fifty years, and required the resources of five nations—Spain, Mexico, the...

The Spanish conquest of Mexico was one of the most difficult military expeditions in history, and in achieving it, Hernan Cortes proved himself as one of the ablest European generals of all time. The Spanish Invasion of Mexico 1519–1521 explains the background of the Aztec Empire and the arrival and presence of the conquistadores in Mexico. It describes the lives...