Author: Francisco López de Gómara
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A detailed history of the controversial explorer and his interactions with Aztec tribes and other groups in Central America.
Cortes
Author: Francisco López de Gómara
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A detailed history of the controversial explorer and his interactions with Aztec tribes and other groups in Central America.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A detailed history of the controversial explorer and his interactions with Aztec tribes and other groups in Central America.
The Despatches of Hernando Cortes
Author: Hernán Cortés
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Cortés the Conqueror
Author: Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Conquistador
Author: Buddy Levy
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553384716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day. It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553384716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day. It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.
History of the Conquest of Mexico
Author: William Hickling Prescott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aztecs
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aztecs
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Hernando Cortés, Conqueror of Mexico
Author: Frederick Albion Ober
Publisher: New York ; London : Harper & brothers
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher: New York ; London : Harper & brothers
ISBN:
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
Author: Matthew Restall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198036434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, uncovering the source of the inaccuracies and exploding the fallacies and misconceptions behind each myth. This vividly written and authoritative book shows, for instance, that native Americans did not take the conquistadors for gods and that small numbers of vastly outnumbered Spaniards did not bring down great empires with stunning rapidity. We discover that Columbus was correctly seen in his lifetime--and for decades after--as a briefly fortunate but unexceptional participant in efforts involving many southern Europeans. It was only much later that Columbus was portrayed as a great man who fought against the ignorance of his age to discover the new world. Another popular misconception--that the Conquistadors worked alone--is shattered by the revelation that vast numbers of black and native allies joined them in a conflict that pitted native Americans against each other. This and other factors, not the supposed superiority of the Spaniards, made conquests possible. The Conquest, Restall shows, was more complex--and more fascinating--than conventional histories have portrayed it. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest offers a richer and more nuanced account of a key event in the history of the Americas.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198036434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, uncovering the source of the inaccuracies and exploding the fallacies and misconceptions behind each myth. This vividly written and authoritative book shows, for instance, that native Americans did not take the conquistadors for gods and that small numbers of vastly outnumbered Spaniards did not bring down great empires with stunning rapidity. We discover that Columbus was correctly seen in his lifetime--and for decades after--as a briefly fortunate but unexceptional participant in efforts involving many southern Europeans. It was only much later that Columbus was portrayed as a great man who fought against the ignorance of his age to discover the new world. Another popular misconception--that the Conquistadors worked alone--is shattered by the revelation that vast numbers of black and native allies joined them in a conflict that pitted native Americans against each other. This and other factors, not the supposed superiority of the Spaniards, made conquests possible. The Conquest, Restall shows, was more complex--and more fascinating--than conventional histories have portrayed it. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest offers a richer and more nuanced account of a key event in the history of the Americas.
Cortés and the Conquest of the Aztec Empire in World History
Author: Charles Flowers
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Illustrates the role Hernan Cortes played in the expansion of the Spanish Empire and its conquest of the Aztecs during the sixteenth century.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Illustrates the role Hernan Cortes played in the expansion of the Spanish Empire and its conquest of the Aztecs during the sixteenth century.
Cortés
Author: Richard Lee Marks
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A biography of Hernan Cortes, who in his conquest of Mexico, set the pattern for Spanish expansion in the New World.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
A biography of Hernan Cortes, who in his conquest of Mexico, set the pattern for Spanish expansion in the New World.
The Conquest of Mexico
Author: Hugh Thomas
Publisher: Harvill Press
ISBN: 9781844137435
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Hugh Thomas' account of the collapse of Montezuma's great Aztec empire under the onslaughts of Cort's' conquistadors is one of the great historical works of our times. A thrilling and sweeping narrative, it also bristles with moral and political issues. After setting out from Spain - against explicit instructions - in 1519, some 500 conquistadors destroyed their ships and fought their way towards the capital of the greatest empire of the New World. When they finally reached Tenochtitlan, the huge city on lake Texcoco, they were given a courtly welcome by Montezuma, who believed them to be gods. Their later abduction of the emperor, their withdrawl and the final destruction of the city make the Conquest one of the most enthralling and tragic episodes in world history.
Publisher: Harvill Press
ISBN: 9781844137435
Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Hugh Thomas' account of the collapse of Montezuma's great Aztec empire under the onslaughts of Cort's' conquistadors is one of the great historical works of our times. A thrilling and sweeping narrative, it also bristles with moral and political issues. After setting out from Spain - against explicit instructions - in 1519, some 500 conquistadors destroyed their ships and fought their way towards the capital of the greatest empire of the New World. When they finally reached Tenochtitlan, the huge city on lake Texcoco, they were given a courtly welcome by Montezuma, who believed them to be gods. Their later abduction of the emperor, their withdrawl and the final destruction of the city make the Conquest one of the most enthralling and tragic episodes in world history.