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Portrait of the author, Bernardo de Vargas Machuca (c. 1550–1622), a soldier from Spain, who served in numerous South American pacification campaigns. The Indian Militia and Description of the Indies is the first known manual of counterinsurgency, or anti-guerrilla warfare. The book is a training manual for conquistadors. Milicia y description de las Indias. (Compendio de la Sphera.). P. Madrigal: Madrid, 1599. Source: 278.f.23 frontispiece. Language: Latin and Spanish.

Portrait of the author, Bernardo de Vargas Machuca (c. 1550–1622), a soldier from Spain, who served in numerous South American pacification campaigns. The Indian Militia and Description of the Indies is the first known manual of counterinsurgency, or anti-guerrilla warfare. The book is a training manual for conquistadors. Milicia y description de las Indias. (Compendio de la Sphera.). P. Madrigal: Madrid, 1599. Source: 278.f.23 frontispiece. Language: Latin and Spanish.
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Portrait of the author, Bernardo de Vargas Machuca (c. 1550–1622), a soldier from Spain, who served in numerous South American pacification campaigns. The Indian Militia and Description of the Indies is the first known manual of counterinsurgency, or anti-guerrilla warfare. The book is a training manual for conquistadors. Milicia y description de las Indias. (Compendio de la Sphera.). P. Madrigal: Madrid, 1599. Source: 278.f.23 frontispiece. Language: Latin and Spanish.
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