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Restall, Matthew (2003). Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-516077-0. OCLC 51022823. Schwaller, John F. (2004). "Matthew Restall. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest". American Historical Review. 109 (4). Washington, DC: American Historical Association: 1271– 1272. doi:10.1086/530842.
Matthew Restall (born 1964) is a historian of Colonial Latin America. [1] He is an ethnohistorian , a Mayanist, a scholar of the conquest, colonization, and the African diaspora in the Americas, and a historian of popular music.
Juan Garrido (c. 1480 [1] – c. 1550 [2]) was an Afro-Spaniard of Kongo origin conquistador known as the first documented Bantu person in what would become the United States. Born in the Kingdom of Kongo in West Central Africa, he went to Portugal as a young man. In converting to Catholicism, he chose the Spanish name Juan Garrido ("Handsome ...
Restall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Matthew Restall (born 1964), British and American historian of Latin America and of pop music; Emma Restall Orr (born 1965), British neo-druid, animist, priest, poet, and author
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Episode 6: Science and Technology Scientific and technological ingenuity in the Americas is apparent through specific examples such as the earliest use of the number "0", the mapping of the planets and the stars, the development of multi-year calendars, and the invention of writing systems.
Modoc traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Modoc and Klamath people of northern California and southern Oregon.. Modoc oral literature is representative of the Plateau region, but with influences from the Northwest Coast, the Great Basin, and central California.
Seven Ancient Wonders (Seven Deadly Wonders in the United States) is a book written by Australian author Matthew Reilly in 2005. Its sequel, The Six Sacred Stones was released in the autumn of 2007. The final novel in the series (book 7), The One Impossible Labyrinth , was released in Australia on October 12, 2021.