Sep 15, 2023 · The true history of the conquest of New Spain by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, 1496-1584

Aug 26, 2022 · The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 to c. 1580) is an account written in 1568 of the early Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica, specifically the conquest of the Aztec civilization in Mexico from 1519 to 1521 when Díaz was a member of the conquistador expedition led by Hernán Cortés (1485-1547).

Aug 5, 2011 · A remarkable primary source document for my research on the earliest Spanish Native American interactions in Central America. Just made aware of the first or possibly the first instance of Old World and New World marriage and Mexican offspring. Fascinating.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital.

Apr 4, 2022 · An account of the defeat of the Aztecs by Cortes and his small band of adventurers, recounting the march from the coast, Montezuma's death, the massacre of the Spaniards and the eventual capture of the capital of Mexico.

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) is a first-person narrative written in 1568 [1] by military adventurer, conquistador, and colonist settler Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1584), who served in three Mexican expeditions: those of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1517) to the Yucatán peninsula; the expedition of Juan de Grijalva ...

Bernal Diaz del Castillo (c. 1496 – 1584) wrote an important first-hand account of his experience supporting Hernan Cortes in the conquest of Mexico, 1521. It's a straightforward account of a soldier, not the dainty and carefully balanced prose of an academic.

BERNAL DÍAZ From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. Bernal Díaz provides not only a description of the Spanish entry to the city, the encounter between Cortés and Moctezuma, and the reception by the population, but also an account of the life of the Mexica tlatoani and a great deal about his personality. Díaz’s description of ...

Vivid and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma’s Aztec empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers.

May 19, 2009 · The true history of the conquest of New Spain by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, 1492-1581?; García, Genaro, 1867-1920, ed; Maudslay, Alfred Percival, 1850-1931