The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306813191)

Bernal Dﾃ- del Castillo(1495-1584) served under Cortﾃ(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 Cortﾃ(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 Dﾃ- 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
ISBN-10: 030681319X
ISBN-13: 9780306813191
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 01/20/2004
Pages: 478
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.56w x 1.44d