Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, 1492-1581?
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- Summary
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events. As an experienced soldier of fortune, he had already participated in expeditions to Tierra Firme, Cuba, and to Yucatán before joining Cortés. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1492 [4]
- 1496 [2]
- Birth Place
- Medina del Campo [2][4]
- Died
- 1584 [2][4]
- Death Place
- Antígua Guatemala [2]
- Antigua Guatemala [4]
- Country
- Spain [2]
- Language
- Spanish | Castilian [3]
- Occupation
- chronicler [4]
- explorer [4]
- historian [4]
- military personnel [4]
- writer [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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