{"product_id":"the-true-history-of-the-conquest-of-new-spain-paperback-9781108017060","title":"The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108017060","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe True History of the Conquest of New Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico (1519–1522); this volume focuses on the Aztec emperor Montezuma.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernal Díaz del Castillo (Author), Genaro García (Edited by), Alfred Percival Maudslay (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108017060, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 August 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e438 pages, 5 b\/w illus.  3 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBernal 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 The most complete contemporary chronicle of the Mexican conquest, this important historical document is also a captivating adventure narrative that combines factual accuracy with many dramatic anecdotes.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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBook V. The March to Mexico: 82. How we went to the city of Cholula\u003cbr\u003e 83. How, at the orders of Montezume, they had planned to kill us in the city of Cholula\u003cbr\u003e 84. About certain messages and messengers we sent to the Great Montezuma\u003cbr\u003e 85. How the Great Montezuma sent a present of gold\u003cbr\u003e 86. How we began our march to the city of Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 87. How the Great Montezuma again sent other ambassadors to us\u003cbr\u003e 88. About the great and solemn reception which the Great Montezuma gave Cortés\u003cbr\u003e Book VI. The Stay in Mexico: 89. How the Great Montezuma came to our quarters\u003cbr\u003e 90. How on the following day our Captain Cortés went to see the Great Montezuma\u003cbr\u003e 91. Of the manner and appearance of the Great Montezuma\u003cbr\u003e 92. How our captain went out to see the city of Mexico and Tlaltelolco\u003cbr\u003e 93. How we made our church and altar\u003cbr\u003e 94. How the Mexican captains fought a battle against Juan de Escalante\u003cbr\u003e 95. Of the seizure of Montezuma\u003cbr\u003e 96. How our Cortés sent a gentleman as his lieutenant to Villa Rica\u003cbr\u003e 97. How when the great Montezuma was a prisoner, Cortés entertained him\u003cbr\u003e 98. How Cortés ordered two sloops to be built\u003cbr\u003e 99. How we launched the two sloops\u003cbr\u003e 100. How the nephews of the great Montezuma went about assembling the other great lords and persuading them to come to Mexico and free the great Montezuma\u003cbr\u003e 101. How the great Montezuma and many Caciques and chieftains gave fealty to His Majesty\u003cbr\u003e 103. How the captains returned whom our Cortés had sent to examine the mines\u003cbr\u003e 104. How Cortés told the great Montezuma to pay tribute\u003cbr\u003e 105. How the gold which we had obtained was divided\u003cbr\u003e 106. How Juan Velásquez de Leon and the Treasurer, Gonzalo Mejía, had words about the gold that was missing\u003cbr\u003e 107. How the Great Montezuma told Cortés that he wished to give him one of his daughters in marriage\u003cbr\u003e 108. How the great Montezume told our captain Cortés to leave Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Book VII. The Expedition Against Narvaez: 109. How Diego Velásquez the Governor of Cuba hastened to send his Armada against us\u003cbr\u003e 110. How Pánfilo de Narvaez arrived at the port of San Juan de Ulúa\u003cbr\u003e 111. How Pánfilo de Narvaez sent five persons from his fleet to demand of Gonzalo de Sandoval that he should surrender himself\u003cbr\u003e 112. How Cortés wrote to the Captain and to his other friends\u003cbr\u003e 113. How the Captain Pánfilo de Narvaez had words with the Oidor Lucas Vásquez de Ayllon\u003cbr\u003e 114. How Narvaez went with all his forces to Cempoala\u003cbr\u003e 115. How the great Montezuma asked Cortés why he wished to go against Narvaez\u003cbr\u003e 116. How Cortés agreed with all us soldiers that the Fraile de la Merced should be again sent to the camp of Narvaez\u003cbr\u003e 117. How the Fraile de la Merced went to Cempoala\u003cbr\u003e 118. How in our camp we held a muster of the soldiers\u003cbr\u003e 119. How there came to our camp Andrés de Duero\u003cbr\u003e 120. How Juan Velásquez de Leon and Cortés's orderly named Juan del Rio, arrived at the camp of Narvaez\u003cbr\u003e 121. About the plan and commands that were issued in our camp\u003cbr\u003e 122. How after the defeat of Narvaez there arrived the Indians of Chinantla\u003cbr\u003e 123. How Cortés sent Captain Francisco de Lugo to the port\u003cbr\u003e Book VIII. The Flight From Mexico: 124. How they went by forced marches\u003cbr\u003e 125. How they made war on us in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 126. When Montezume was dead Cortés decided to tell the news to his captains and chieftain\u003cbr\u003e 127. How we determined to flee from Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 128. How we went to the capital and largest town in Tlaxcala\u003cbr\u003e Book IX. The Halt at Tepeaca: 129. How we went to the province of Tepeaca\u003cbr\u003e 130. How a ship came from Cuba\u003cbr\u003e 131. How the Indians of Guacachula came to beg help from Cortés\u003cbr\u003e 132. How they arrived at the rock and port which is near Villa Rica, a ship\u003cbr\u003e 133. How Cortés sent Gonzalo de Sandoval to bring to peace the towns of Xalaçinco and Çacatami\u003cbr\u003e 134. How all the men and women slaves were collected to be branded in the name of His Majesty\u003cbr\u003e 135. How the captains and principal persons who had come in the company of Narvaez asked leave to r\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265942016280,"sku":"9781108017060","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108017060i_dd9d077f-d85f-4fe1-a600-77ee71c84fd9.jpg?v=1694869422","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-true-history-of-the-conquest-of-new-spain-paperback-9781108017060","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}