Soldier of fortune and 16th century Spanish conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo is best known today for his first-hand accounts of Spain's expeditions to the New World. The son of a prominent regidor of Medina del Campo, Diaz del Castillo left home in 1514 at age eighteen to join his first expedition to the New World, that of Pedrarias Davila. This expedition would be the largest of all the Spanish expeditions with nineteen vessels and over ...
The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Unabridged Edition (Vol.1-2).The author of this original and charming production, to which he justly gives the title of 'The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, ' was himself one of the Conquistadores, one who not only witnessed the transactions which he relates, but who also performed a glorious part in them."I, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, regidor of the town of Santiago, in Guati...
The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Unabridged Edition (Vol.1-2).The author of this original and charming production, to which he justly gives the title of 'The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, ' was himself one of the Conquistadores, one who not only witnessed the transactions which he relates, but who also performed a glorious part in them."I, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, regidor of the town of Santiago, in Guati...
Title: Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España.Author: Díaz del Castillo, BernalPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploratio...
Title: The memoirs of the conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo: containing a true and full account of the discovery and conquest of Mexico and New Spain.Author: Diaz del Castillo, BernalPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery...
Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1496 - 1584) fue un conquistador español que participó en la conquista de México en el siglo XVI."Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España" es una obra de estilo cautivador desde las primeras líneas. Nos narra el proceso de la conquista de México de una manera ruda, aunque sencilla, ágil y directa. Cada página es un retrato pintoresco plagado de detalles. Leer su libro es transportarse al pasado y vivir a...
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2020 Reprint of the 1963 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Díaz took part in the campaigns against the Mexica, later called the Aztec Empire. He was a highly experienced member of Hernán Cortés's expedition. During this campaign, Díaz spoke frequently with his fellow soldiers about their experiences. These accounts, and especially Díaz's own experiences, served as the basis fo...
Title: Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España.Author: Díaz del Castillo, BernalPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploratio...
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Title: Denkwürdigkeiten des Hauptmanns Bernal Diaz del Castillo oder wahrhafte Geschichte der Entdeckung und Eroberung von Neu-Spanien, von einem der Entdecker und Eroberer selbst geschrieben, aus dem Spanischen ins Deutsche übersetzt, und mit dem Leben des Verfassers, mit Anmerkungen und andern Zugaben versehen von Ph. J. von Rehfues.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United...
Title: Denkwürdigkeiten des Hauptmanns Bernal Diaz del Castillo oder wahrhafte Geschichte der Entdeckung und Eroberung von Neu-Spanien, von einem der Entdecker und Eroberer selbst geschrieben, aus dem Spanischen ins Deutsche übersetzt, und mit dem Leben des Verfassers, mit Anmerkungen und andern Zugaben versehen von Ph. J. von Rehfues.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United...
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