The Life of Hernando Cortes, Volume 1G. Bell, 1896 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page viii
... Mexican empire are not unfounded . And the best way that occurs to me is this — that I should show you three accounts , which are in my hands , of the principal market in the city of Mexico , as it existed at the time of the Conquest ...
... Mexican empire are not unfounded . And the best way that occurs to me is this — that I should show you three accounts , which are in my hands , of the principal market in the city of Mexico , as it existed at the time of the Conquest ...
Page ix
... Mexican civilization had reached a height , which , in many respects , was unequalled , at that time , in any known kingdom of the civilized world . I have adopted a great many of the notes which are to be found in " The Spanish Con ...
... Mexican civilization had reached a height , which , in many respects , was unequalled , at that time , in any known kingdom of the civilized world . I have adopted a great many of the notes which are to be found in " The Spanish Con ...
Page x
... Mexican gran- deurs ) will naturally consult them , and form own opinions , whether with me or against me , upon my deductions from them . your I have now only to say , in conclusion , that I should not have presumed to dedicate to so ...
... Mexican gran- deurs ) will naturally consult them , and form own opinions , whether with me or against me , upon my deductions from them . your I have now only to say , in conclusion , that I should not have presumed to dedicate to so ...
Page xiii
... enters Mexico - Description of the City CHAPTER IV . Page 1 ⚫ 39 • • 80 Interviews between Cortes and Montezuma - Cortes visits the Great Temple - The Mexican Idolatry . 117 Xiv CONTENTS . CHAPTER V. Page Difficult position of Cortes.
... enters Mexico - Description of the City CHAPTER IV . Page 1 ⚫ 39 • • 80 Interviews between Cortes and Montezuma - Cortes visits the Great Temple - The Mexican Idolatry . 117 Xiv CONTENTS . CHAPTER V. Page Difficult position of Cortes.
Page xiv
... Mexicans rebel- Siege of the Spanish garrison - Cortes returns to Mexico • CHAPTER VIII . The Reception of Cortes in Mexico - General attack upon the Spanish Quarters - Flight from Mexico to Tlacuba - Battle of Otumba - Cortes returns ...
... Mexicans rebel- Siege of the Spanish garrison - Cortes returns to Mexico • CHAPTER VIII . The Reception of Cortes in Mexico - General attack upon the Spanish Quarters - Flight from Mexico to Tlacuba - Battle of Otumba - Cortes returns ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2nd Edition ambassadors amongst battle beautiful Bernal Diaz Cacamatzin Cacique Captain Casas causeways Cempoala Chalco chief Cholula Christian command conquerors conquest Contained in Bohn's Córdova Cortés Cortes enters Cozumel Crónica Cruz Cuba dicho Diego Velazquez discovery Donna Marina encomienda enemy English Engravings Essays expedition festival fleet Geronimo de Aguilar gods gold Gomara Governor gran Grijalva Hernando Hernando Cortes Hispaniola Hist historian History horses Huitzilopochtli idols Illustrations Indians Iztapalapa Juan de Grijalva Juan de Ulua land las Indias Lord ment messengers Mexican Mexico Monarch Monarquía Indiana Monte Montezuma Narvaez Nueva-España palace Pedro de Alvarado persons Portraits priests received religion resolved sacrifice sail Señor sent Spaniards Spanish soldiers story temple tenia Texcuco Tezcatlipuk thing thought tion Tlas Tlascalans took towers town Trans Translated uttered Vera Cruz vessels Villa Rica vols Voyages words Yucatan zuma zuma's
Popular passages
Page 10 - Death by the Ancients. Translated by EC Beasley and Helen Zimmern. Edited by Edward Bell, MA With a Frontispiece of the Laokoon group. y- 6d. LILLY'S Introduction to Astrology.
Page 14 - PICKERING'S History of the Races of Man, and their Geographical Distribution. With AN ANALYTICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN by Dr.
Page 14 - ... Hipparchus, Minos, Clitopho, Epistles. Translated by G. Burges. V — The Laws. Translated by G. Burges. VI.— The Doubtful Works. Translated by G. Burges. Summary and Analysis of the Dialogues. With Analytical Index. By A. Day, LL.D. $s. PLAUTUS'S Comedies. Translated by HT Riley, MA 2 vols. 5.'".
Page 15 - Homer's Odyssey, with the Battle of Frogs and Mice, Hymns, &c. , by other translators. Edited by the Rev. JS Watson, MA With the entire Series of Flaxman's Designs. 5*.
Page 18 - STANLEY'S Classified Synopsis of the Principal Painters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, including an Account of some of the early German Masters.
Page 18 - SHARPE (S.) The History of Egypt, from the Earliest Times till the Conquest by the Arabs, AD 640, 2 Maps and upwards of 400 Woodcuts.
Page 17 - SCHOPENHAUER on the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and On the Will in Nature. Translated by Madame Hillebrand. 5*.