The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521

Bernal DÃ- del Castillo(1495-1584) served under CortÃ(c)through the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative, one of only four extant firsthand accounts, is both an invaluable hirstorical document and a spectacular epic. He was with CortÃ(c)when the latter sank the ships, thus committing the small band of conquistadors irrevocably to the Conquest; he was privy to the counsels of the leaders and was at hand when Montezuma was made a prisoner in his own palace. Bernal DÃ- fought in over a hundred battles and skirmishes against an enemy who made living sacrifices of their prisoners. These things he saw and recorded in a bold blunt voice whose immediacy, in Maudslay's classic translation, reaches across the centuries to invite readers to witness for themselves the horrors and wonders of the initial, apocalyptic clash between two great civilizations.

Author: Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 01/20/2004
Pages: 478
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.56w x 1.44d
ISBN13: 9780306813191
ISBN10: 030681319X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America | Mexico
- History | Expeditions & Discoveries
- History | Europe | Spain & Portugal

About the Author
Bernal Diaz del Castillo fought in over one hundred battles against Mexico. His account of the conquest is one of only four firsthand accounts.