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Letters from Mexico

Hernán Cortés

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Hernan Cortes' Cartas de Relacion, written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, provides an extraordinary narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. Pagden's English translation has been prepared from a close examination of the earliest surviving manuscript & of the first printed editions. He also provides a new introduction offering a bold & innovative interpretation of the nature of the conquest & Cortes' involvement in it. J.H. Elliot's introductory essay explains Cortes's conflicts with the Crown & with Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba.

Language: English

Pages: 635

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1521

Letters from Mexico

Hernán Cortés

0/5 ( ratings)

Hernan Cortes' Cartas de Relacion, written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, provides an extraordinary narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. Pagden's English translation has been prepared from a close examination of the earliest surviving manuscript & of the first printed editions. He also provides a new introduction offering a bold & innovative interpretation of the nature of the conquest & Cortes' involvement in it. J.H. Elliot's introductory essay explains Cortes's conflicts with the Crown & with Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba.

Language: English

Pages: 635

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1521

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