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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108017371

ISBN-139781108017374

eBay Product ID (ePID)92317426

Product Key Features

Number of Pages566 Pages

Publication NameHistoria Verdadera De La Conquista De La Nueva España

LanguageSpanish

SubjectLatin America / Mexico, Adventurers & Explorers, Latin America / General

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorBernal Díaz Del Castillo

SeriesCambridge Library Collection-Latin American Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight29 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition20

Series Volume NumberVolume 2

Volume NumberVolume 2

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal972/.02

Table Of ContentHistoria verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España, Cap. CXL-CCXIV; Tabla de capítulos & Índice alfabético.

SynopsisThis two-volume 1904 edition of Díaz del Castillo's history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico was based on the original manuscript. Díaz del Castillo's highly accessible eyewitness account, written from the viewpoint of a common soldier, first appeared in 1632 and became even more successful than the official chronicles., Bernal D az del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hern n Cort s. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The two-volume edition reissued here was first published in 1904 and is considered a more reliable text, as it was based on the original manuscript preserved in Guatemala City. Volume 2 contains chapters 140-214 and the index to both volumes., Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The two-volume edition reissued here was first published in 1904 and is considered a more reliable text, as it was based on the original manuscript preserved in Guatemala City. Volume 2 contains chapters 140-214 and the index to both volumes.