A01=Bernal Diaz Del Castillo
Author_Bernal Diaz Del Castillo
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Product details
- ISBN 9780306813191
- Weight: 622g
- Dimensions: 215 x 139mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jan 2004
- Publisher: Hachette Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Bernal Díaz del Castillo (14951584) served under Cortés through the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative is both an invaluable document and a spectacular epic. Del Castillo saw Cortés sink his own ships (to prevent desertion) as soon as they landed on Mexican soil, and watched Montezuma become a prisoner in his own palace. The immediacy of his voice as translated by renowned scholar A.P. Maudslay reaches across the centuries to invite readers to witness for themselves the horrors and wonders of the initial, apocalyptic clash between two great civilizations.
Bernal Diaz del Castillo fought in over one hundred battles against Mexico. His account of the conquest is one of only four firsthand accounts.
