Project Gutenberg 2015-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 423 Casas, Bartolomé de las 1484 1566 Casas, Bartolome de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de De las Casas, Bartolomé Historia de las Indias (vol. 1 de 5) Produced by Giovanni Fini, Josep Cols Canals and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Historia de las Indias" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a historical account written in the late 16th century. This work documents the European colonization of the Americas, focusing particularly on the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples by the Spanish and offering a critique of the injustices they faced. The narrative is framed through the experiences and observations of Las Casas himself, who was a prominent advocate for Indigenous rights. The opening of the book introduces the author's purpose in writing the history of the Indies, establishing the necessity of providing a truthful account of the injustices committed during the Spanish conquests. Las Casas reflects on the role of divine providence in the discovery of the New World and his own experiences, emphasizing his intention to defend both the honor of the Spanish crown and the dignity of the Indigenous peoples. He discusses the historical context and motivations behind writing this account, suggesting that it aims to instruct future generations on the errors of the past and emphasize the moral obligation to treat all peoples with respect and justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 31.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. es America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800 Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Early works to 1800 Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America -- Early works to 1800 Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800 F1401 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Category: History - Other Category: History - American Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious 1149166 2025-06-19T17:00:37.865490 text/html 1138277 2024-10-24T17:37:01 text/html 574082 2025-06-19T17:00:51.769386 application/epub+zip 575138 2025-06-19T17:00:39.770394 application/epub+zip 574260 2025-06-19T17:00:38.867402 application/epub+zip 806226 2025-06-19T17:01:01.508309 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 679457 2025-06-19T17:00:50.804355 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678949 2022-09-22T10:43:34.199331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1083838 2025-06-19T17:00:37.023455 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1063925 2024-10-24T17:37:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17281 2025-06-19T17:01:01.675309 application/rdf+xml 16737 2025-06-19T17:00:38.972491 image/jpeg 3443 2025-06-19T17:00:38.920450 image/jpeg 428566 2025-06-19T17:00:37.983522 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia