by Bartolomé de las Casas · Galaxia Gutenberg · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415863014
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies is a work by the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, which recounts the atrocities committed by Spanish colonizers in America during the 16th century. This edition, published in 2013 by the Real Academia Española and Galaxia Gutenberg, includes a study and notes by José Miguel Martínez Torrejón, offering a deep analysis of the historical context and implications of the original text. The book examines the inhuman treatment of the indigenous people and denounces the exploitation and violence exerted in the colonies.
Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands. He described and railed against the atrocities committed by the conquistadores against the Indigenous peoples.
