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William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 – January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. This is a truly wonderful, engrossing, captivating history, with a depth of research that I can’t even imagine. Prescott, who had already completed something similar for the conquest of the Aztec empire, admits in the preface that he started to lose his sight while writing this, but that he did not let this get in the way of his work, employing the use of what remained of his vision plus someone who could type and read out passages from the original texts. What he serves up at the end is a supreme history with intricate detail. Starting with a history of the Inca’s and the empire as it stood at the fateful time the Spanish set foot on South American soil, Prescott then details the inexorable advance of the conquistadors down the Pacific coast and into the heart of the empire, bringing it to it’s knees and eventually to it’s end with bold abandon, daring, and above all else callous cruelty and perfidy.
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