Book
The Aztecs: the history of the Indies of New Spain
Orion Press • New York • Published In 1964 • Pages:
By: Durán, Diego, d..
Abstract
This comprehensive history of the Aztecs from the native perspective is an English "adaptation" of the Spanish text by a sympathetic mid-sixteenth century Dominican friar who spoke Nahuatl and employed numerous informants who could interpret and elaborate upon surviving pre-Hispanic codices. Beginning with mythic origins in Aztlan and the journey to Tenochtitlan, it proceeds with increasing detail through the reign of each sovereign, concluding with a rather brief account of the Spanish conquest. Most illustrations are taken from earlier Colonial period codices rather than the original work.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Missionary
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1984
- Field Date
- 1559-1581
- Coverage Date
- 1350-1525
- Coverage Place
- central highland Mexico
- Notes
- By Fray Diego Durán ; translated with notes, by Doris Heyden and Fernando Horcasitas. Introd. by Ignacio Bernal
- Uniform Title: Historia de las Indias de Nueva España y Islas de Tierra Firme. English
- Translation of Historia de las Indias de Nueva-España y islas de Tierra Firme]
- 'Covers the entire Historia de las Indias but does not include the books dedicated to rites and the calendar.'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-365)
- LCCN
- 63019949
- LCSH
- Aztecs--History/Aztecs--Social life and customs/Mexico--History--To 1519/Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540