book chapter

The true history of the conquest of New Spain

Printed for the Hakluyt societyLondon • Published In 1910 • Pages: xvi, 152

By: Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, García, Genaro, Maudslay, Alfred Percival.

Abstract
This portion of an account of Cortez’s conquest of the Aztec Empire by one of his soldiers covers events from the arrival of the expedition in the Tlaxcalan city of Cholula to the extraction of tribute and defiant building of a Christian altar in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (Mexico) where the emperor Montezuma was held captive. It includes observations on the cultures of the rival Nahua groups.
Subjects
Settlement patterns
Chief executive
External relations
Instigation of war
Missions
culture
Aztecs
HRAF PubDate
2017
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Central Mexico
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Soldier
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
James Leary ; 1958
Field Date
1519-1522
Coverage Date
1519-1520
Coverage Place
Puebla and State of Mexico, Mexico
Notes
by Bernal Díaz del Castillo , one of its conquerors ; edited and published in Mexico by Genaro García ; Translated into English, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Percival Maudslay
Uniform Title: Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España
'From the only exact copy made of the original manuscript'
'Bibliography of Mexico': v. 1, p. [309]-368
Omitted from the file: pages 152-343
LCCN
09030461
LCSH
Aztecs