Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital.
This two-volume 1904 edition of Díaz del Castillo's history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico was based on the original manuscript. Díaz del... Læs mere
This two-volume 1904 edition of Díaz del Castillo's history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico was based on the original manuscript. Díaz del... Læs mere
The journals of the foot soldier Bernal Díaz (1492–1584) are the fullest surviving eyewitness account of the Mexican conquest led by Hernán Cortés. This... Læs mere
The journals of the foot soldier Bernal Díaz (1492–1584) are the fullest surviving eyewitness account of the Mexican conquest led by Hernán Cortés. In this first volume, Díaz recounts his first expeditions to the Yucatán coast and the beginning of his service in Cortés' army.
Four eye-witnesses of the discovery and conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards have left written records, but of these the present volume and the letters of Cortés are by far the most important.
Four eye-witnesses of the discovery and conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards have left written records, but of these the present volume and the letters of Cortés are by far the most important.