عنوان

Conquistador :

(Number (ISBN

0553905260

(Number (ISBN

0553905260

(Number (ISBN

1299125891

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9780553905267

(Number (ISBN

9780553905267

(Number (ISBN

9781299125896

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b604207

Title Proper

Conquistador :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

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

First Statement of Responsibility

Buddy Levy.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Bantam Books

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(x, 429 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map

Text of Note

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 mountains --; The massacre of Cholula --; The city of dreams --; City of sacrifice --; Seizure of empire --; Cortés and Montezuma --; Spaniard versus Spaniard --; The Festival of Toxcatl --; Montezuma's ironic fate --; La noche triste --; "Fortune favors the bold" --; "The great rash" --; Return to the Valley of Mexico --; The wooden serpent --; Encirclement --; The siege begins --; Clash of empires --; The last stand of the Aztecs.

Text of Note

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 and carry off a fortune in gold. In Tenochtitlán, the City of Dreams, Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of a complex and sophisticated civilization with fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered thousands-to-one, Cortés repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Journalist Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled Cortés and his men to survive.--From publisher description.

Cortés, Hernán, -- 1485-1547.

HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.

Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.

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Book number

Buddy Levy.

Buddy Levy

Electronic name

[Book]

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