The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

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Author: Bernal Diaz del Castillo (1496-1584) Year: 1908-1916 Publisher: Hakluyt Society Place: Cambridge Description: 5 volumes: lxv+396 pages with 18 illustrations, including frontispiece and 5 maps (some folding including two in back pocket); xvi+343 pages with 13 illustrations including frontispiece and folding panoramas, 2 maps (including one folding in back pocket); portfolio of 13 folding maps and plans; xiv+395 pages with 6 illustrations including frontispiece and maps including one folding in back pocket; xv+463+[i]-xxxvi pages with 5 illustrations including 3 folding maps in back pocket. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria on the cover, decorative blind stamp to covers. Edited by Genaro Garcia. Translated and edited by Alfred Percival Maudslay. Hakluyt Society Second Series Volumes 23, 24 25, 30 and 40. First edition. First published in 1601 in Spanish and first published in English in 1800. Volume one contains Books I through V, 1517 to 1519, considering the discover and expeditions of Francisco Hernandez de Cordova and Hernan Cortes, the march inland, and the war in Tlaxcala. Volume two contains Books V to IX, 1519 to 1520, concerning the march to Mexico, the stay there, the expedition against Narvaez, the flight from Mexico and the halt at Tepeaca. Volume three a portfolio of maps and plans, several dating from the sixteenth century, of the valley and city of Mexic

• Binding: Hardcover

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