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Conquistador : Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs

text Conquistador : Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs

Levy, Buddy

Summary
In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism an... Read more
Contents
Setting out for New Spain and the serendipitous gift of language -- The battle with the Tabascans and the acquisition of La Malinche -- Montezuma's message -- The gambler stakes all : "either win the land, or die in the attempt" -- Into the mounta... Read more
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Description
x, 429 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
Publisher
Bantam Books 2008
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 972.02 LEV in Adult Non-fiction Available

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