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  • The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes the Conqueror of Mexico

    Addressed to the Emperor Charles V. Written During the Conquest, and Containing a Narrative of Events

    by Hernan Cortes ...
    Series series Bybliotech Discovery
    The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes, or the 'Cartas de Relacion', are several extraordinary documents written by the great Conquistador himself, explaining his actions in the remarkable conquest of Mexico directly to the Emperor Charles V of Spain.Not since Julius Caesar documented his own Conquest of Gaul has a conquering general delivered his own story with such panache, but also with such ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Letters from Mexico

    by Hernan Cortes ...
    Hernan Cortes's Cartas de Relacion, written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, provide an extraordinary narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. ... Read more

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  • The Despatches of Hernando Cortes

    by Hernán Cortés ...
    Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who played a crucial role in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. He was born in 1485 in Medellín, a town in what is now Extremadura, Spain. Cortés is best known for his conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico.In 1519, Cortés led an expedition to Mexico with the intention of exploring and establishing colonies. Upon arriving, he defied the orders of the ... Read more

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  • The Conquest of New Spain

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    Bernal Diaz was an eyewitness to one of history's most remarkable events - the conquest of the Empire of the Aztecs, and the defeat of their Emperor Montezuma.The indomitable Diaz delivers his chronicle first-hand, vividly describing the ruthless battles, the brilliant Machiavellian strategies of Cortes, and the superstitions vacillations of Montezuma that lead to the momentous overthrow of the ... Read more

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  • The History of the Conquest of Mexico

    by William H. Prescott ...
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    The story of the fall of the Mexica/Aztec civilisation in Mexico is one of the most astonishing episodes ever to occur in history; and in the skilful hands of William H. Prescott, one of America's greatest historians, it takes on a thrilling new dimension.Richly filled with detail, Prescott intricately describes the complex civilisation of the Mexica/Aztec people, before beginning the compelling ... Read more

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  • Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Parts One and Two

    by Garcilaso de la Vega ...
    Translated by Harold V. Livermore ...
    The two-part classic history of the Incan empire's origin and growth, as well as their demise following the arrival of the Spaniards.Garcilaso de la Vega, the first native of the New World to attain importance as a writer in the Old, was born in Cuzco in 1539, the illegitimate son of a Spanish cavalier and an Inca princess. Although he was educated as a gentleman of Spain and won an important ... Read more

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  • Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition

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  • History of the Conquest of Mexico

    by William H. Prescott ...
    William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 – January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is ... Read more

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  • The Memoirs of The Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)

    by Bernal Díaz del Castillo ...
    Welcome to the riveting world of "The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)," a firsthand account of the extraordinary journey of one of history’s most renowned explorers. Written by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, this compelling memoir offers a vivid and detailed narrative of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, providing invaluable insights into a pivotal moment in ... Read more

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  • The Spanish Conquest of the Americas

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    The Spaniard of the fifteenth century is recognizable by well-defined traits: he was primitive, he was proud, he was devout, and he was romantic. His primitiveness we detect in his relish for blood and suffering; his pride in his austerity and exclusiveness; his devoutness in his mystical exaltation of the Church; and his romanticism in his passion for adventure.After printing had spread in Spain, ... Read more

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