Name: Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España 2 Volume Set: Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva Espana, Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies) (in Spanish)
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Author: Bernal Díaz Castillo
ISBN: 9781108017374

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Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España 2 Volume Set: Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva Espana, Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies) (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bernal Díaz Castillo

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2010

Language

Spanish

Pages

566

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781108017374

Edition No.

Synopsis "Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España 2 Volume Set: Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva Espana, Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies) (in Spanish)"

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The two-volume edition reissued here was first published in 1904 and is considered a more reliable text, as it was based on the original manuscript preserved in Guatemala City. Volume 2 contains chapters 140-214 and the index to both volumes.

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Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of the conquest of Mexico. His most important work is True History of the Conquest of New Spain, written between 1552 and 1568, though published posthumously in 1632. This book, belonging to the genre of historical chronicle, provides a detailed and first-person account of Hernán Cortés' expedition and the fall of the Aztec Empire.

His testimony is distinguished by its direct and lively style, which contrasts with other chronicles of the time, offering a perspective from the experience of a soldier. His work has been valued by historians and readers as an essential source for understanding the conquest of Mexico and the pre-Hispanic indigenous world.

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