Cena: |
Želi ovaj predmet: | 2 |
Stanje: | Polovan bez oštećenja |
Garancija: | Ne |
Isporuka: | Pošta CC paket (Pošta) Post Express Lično preuzimanje |
Plaćanje: | Tekući račun (pre slanja) Lično |
Grad: |
Novi Sad, Novi Sad |
ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1974
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani
U dobrom stanju. Manje oštećenje zaštitne kutije.
The Conquest Of New Spain
Bernal Diaz, tranlsated and introduced by J. M. Cohen
Publisher : Folio Society; First Edition (January 1, 1974)
Language : English
Hardcover : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1299001823
ISBN-13 : 978-1299001824
Item Weight : 1.85 pounds
The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz
A history of the conquest by the Spaniards of Mexico by a Spanish foot soldier in Cortes’ army. First published in 1632. Translated and Introduced by J. M. Cohen.
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Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) is a first-person narrative written in 1568 by military adventurer, conquistador, and colonist settler Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1584), who served in three Mexican expeditions: those of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1517) to the Yucatán peninsula; the expedition of Juan de Grijalva (1518); and the expedition of Hernán Cortés (1519) in the Valley of Mexico. The history relates his participation in the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Late in life, when Díaz del Castillo was in his 60s, he finished his first-person account of the Spanish conquest of the West Indies and the Aztec Empire. He wrote The True History of the Conquest of New Spain to defend the story of the common-soldier conquistador within the histories about the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. He presents his narrative as an alternative to the critical writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas, whose descriptions of Spanish treatment of native peoples emphasized the cruelty of the conquest. He also criticized the histories of the hagiographic biographers of Hernán Cortés, specifically that of Francisco López de Gómara, who Díaz del Castillo believed minimized the role of the 700 enlisted soldiers instrumental to conquering the Aztec Empire. In his eyewitness account, narrated in the first-person plural `we,` Díaz del Castillo strongly defends the actions of the conquistadors while emphasizing their humanity and honesty. He summarizes their actions by saying, `We went there to serve God, and also to get rich.`