Atlas Of Human Migration – Russell King

ie, Mexico from Cuba. The Aztec emperor, Moctezuma (r. 1502-1520), was alarmed by the approach of this army and its unknown weapons—war dogs, horses, muskets and cannons. He invited Cortés and his men into his capital, Tenochtitlan. The city, which was built on an island in the middle of a lake, was magnificent beyond anything the Spaniards had ever seen.

The architecture was as stunning as it was colorful, and the immense wealth of the empire was plain to be seen. “These great towns and pyramids and buildings arising from the water, all made of stone, seemed like an enchanted vision,” wrote Bernal Diaz del Castillo (c. 1492-1584), who served under Cortés. “Some of our soldiers asked whether it was not all a dream.”

The conquistadors’ dream quickly turned into a nightmare for the Aztecs. The Spaniards took Moctezuma prisoner, besieged his great city, and after months of fighting reduced it to rubble, killing thousands of Aztecs in the process. Thousands more were beginning to die of the diseases that the Europeans had brought over from the Old World. Imported pathogens—smallpox, measles and typhus, but also relatively mild conditions such as chickenpox and whooping cough—combined to devastate the inhabitants of the New World, who had no immunity against these foreign diseases.

Deadly epidemics followed wherever Europeans came into contact with native peoples, and the pattern of pandemic was repeated when the conquistadors invaded the Inca Empire in Peru in 1532. Disease made the conquerors’ job easy, and by the mid- 16th century almost all of South America had become a large and lucrative Spanish possession (the region that became Brazil had been awarded to Portugal in 1494 in the Treaty of Tordesillas).

Spain was intent on settling all the land where the Spanish flag was planted, and the business of colonizing was seen as an important operation. As the Spanish historian Francisco L6pez de Gomara (c. 1511-1566) put it, “Without settlement there is no good conquest, and if the land is not conquered, the people will not be converted.

England. He is co-director of the Sussex: Centre for Migration Research and editor of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 2 Russell has been researching migration for 30. years. He has directed major research projects _ on migration throughout the world. He heads the Sussex involvement in the EU Framework Six Network of Excellence on “Intérnational “Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe” (IMISCOE).

He has written, edited or co-edited more than Puc leydelahovore) Rola migration, including Mass Migration in Europe – (1993), Writing Across Worlds: Literature and Migration (1995), Media and Migration. (2001) arid favoerelinrs the ingen Myths (2003). CONSULTANTS Peter Mitchell is Professor of African Archaeology at Oxford University and a fellow of St. Hugh’s College. He specializes in the archaeology of hunter-gatherers in southern Africa. As well as working on the history of archaeological collections in museums, he has also written about Africa’s links with other continents.

Recent publications include The Archaeology of Southern Africa, African Connections: Archaeological Perspectives on Africa and the Wider World and Peoples and Cultures of Africa. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/atlasofhumanmigrO000unse Editor-in-Chief Russell King a) Ne, A FirEFLY BOOK Published by Firefly Books Ltd. 2007 Copyright © 2007 Marshall Editions _ All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher and copyright holder. _ First printing _ Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.) The atlas of human migration / Russell King, editor-in-chief. [192] p. : col. photos. ; cm. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Tells the story of how people movements through the ‘ages havé shaped the course of history and civilization, from the first journey out of Africa, through the Vikings and the Pilgrim Fathers, to the return to the Promised Land.

Also examines the motivations, influences, and impacts of mass migrations. ISBN-13: 978-1-55407-287-3 ISBN-10: 1-55407-287-5 1. Population geography — Maps. 2. Emigration and immigration — Maps. 3. Human beings — Migrations — Maps. |. King, Russell.’ II. Title. 304.8/09/3 dc22 HB1951.A855 2007 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication The atlas of human migration / Russell King, editor-in-chief. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-55407-287-3 ISBN-10: 1-55407-287-5 1. Human beings—Migrations.

2. Migrations of nations. I. King, Russell GN370.A85. 2007 304.8 C2007-900815-1 Published in the United States by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. PO. Box 1338, Ellicott Station Buffalo, New York 14205 Published in Canada by Firefly Books Ltd.

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