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Carlos Navarro y Lamarca

An early 20th-century Argentine historian, he wrote sweeping histories of the Americas with a strong interest in Spanish America and its formative eras. His work brings together academic training and a broad, readable view of the continent’s past.

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Compendio de la historia general de América. Tomo I

Compendio de la historia general de América. Tomo I

by Carlos Navarro y Lamarca

About the author

Carlos Navarro y Lamarca was an Argentine historian who lived from 1868 to 1921. Public-domain library and reference records identify him as a historian, and editions of his work describe him as holding doctorates in Law and Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and in Historical Sciences from the Central University of Madrid.

He is best known for works such as Compendio de la historia general de América and Apuntes de historia americana. These books show his interest in presenting the history of the Americas in a wide, organized way, from pre-Columbian societies through the colonial period and beyond.

Navarro y Lamarca’s books continue to circulate through digital libraries, which has helped keep his work available to modern readers. For listeners interested in classic historical writing from Latin America, he offers a window into how the continent’s past was studied and explained in the early 1900s.