Hernando Cortés: Five Letters, 1519-1526

These five letters by the Spanish conqueror, Hernando Cort s, were written to the Emperor Charles V of Spain between 1519 and 1526. They describe the earliest discoveries of the mainland, the perilous trek into hostile country, the capture of the Aztec capital, the extension of Cort s' power throughout Mexico, the expedition to Honduras, and the organization and ordering of the Spanish empire in the new world.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/1991
ISBN: 9780393098778
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.03w x 1.11d