Name: The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521
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Author: Bernal Díaz Castillo
ISBN: 9780415344784

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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bernal Díaz Castillo

Publisher

Routledge

Language

English

Pages

644

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780415344784

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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521

Bernal Díaz Castillo (Author) · Routledge · Hardcover

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Synopsis "The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521"

First published in 1928.'Something more than an historical document of the first importance...his narrative is so readable that one's interest and admiration are equally divided between the stupendous events he records and the charming revelations of his own character.' Saturday Review.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 (Volume 14) are by far the most important.

Bernal Díaz Castillo

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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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