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  3. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2015
Print publication year:
2010
First published in:
1910
Online ISBN:
9780511686986
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511686986
Subjects:
Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, History, Latin American History
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
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Book description

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés, and participated in the campaigns that led to the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521. This 1928 translation of his journals derives from the 1904 edition by the Mexican historian Genaro García - the first edition based on the original manuscript. Written as a corrective to accounts that overemphasised Cortés' exploits, Díaz's epic focuses on the experiences of the common soldier. The most complete contemporary chronicle of the Mexican conquest, this important historical document is also a captivating adventure narrative that combines factual accuracy with many dramatic anecdotes. This volume focuses on the complex relationships that developed between the Spaniards and the Aztec emperor Montezuma on the army's arrival in Mexico. It contains chapters 82–136 and a key to the maps that appear at http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781108017060.

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