How long does it take to read An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies, with Related Texts?
Bartolomé de las Casas, Franklin W. Knight, Andrew Hurley
An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies, with Related Texts by Bartolomé de las Casas, Franklin W. Knight, Andrew Hurley takes about 2 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 52 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1552. 156 pages, about 42,900 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 60 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
First Latin translation and first illustrated edition of Las Casas' Brevissima relación and three other tracts, with the series of 17 plates illustrating the cruelties practised upon the Indians by the Spaniards, as related by Las Casas.
Subjects: Colonies, Treatment of Indians, History, America, Mexico, West Indies
