The Despatches of Hernando Cortes
Author: Hernán Cortés
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 460
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Author: Hernán Cortés
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 460
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frederick Albion Ober
Publisher: New York ; London : Harper & brothers
Published: 1905
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Francisco López de Gómara
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 468
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed history of the controversial explorer and his interactions with Aztec tribes and other groups in Central America.
Author: Buddy Levy
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2009-07-28
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 0553384716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day. It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.
Author: Hernan Cortes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 647
ISBN-13: 0300090943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context.
Author: Matthew Restall
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-01-30
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 0062427288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction—the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas—has long been the symbol of Cortés’s bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere. But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses “the Meeting”—as Restall dubs their first encounter—as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés’s and Montezuma’s posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived—leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas, and, indeed, of history itself.
Author: Hernán Cortés
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 470
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Antonio de Solís
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781017594799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Salvador de Madariaga
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 662
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Albert Marrin
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the history and culture of the Aztec Indians in the Valley of Mexico and discusses how the arrival of the conquistador Hernando Cortes brought about the fall of their mighty empire.