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... BY SIR ARTHUR HELPS K.C.B. AUTHOR OF " THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN AMERICA " " 6 " FRIENDS IN COUNCIL ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. ERSIT GENERAL LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS VIRGINI First published April , 1871 . Reprinted 1871 ( April 1896.
... BY SIR ARTHUR HELPS K.C.B. AUTHOR OF " THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN AMERICA " " 6 " FRIENDS IN COUNCIL ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. ERSIT GENERAL LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS VIRGINI First published April , 1871 . Reprinted 1871 ( April 1896.
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... Conquest . It is true that I have made use of that part of my history which relates to the Conquest of Mexico , because I had given many years to that subject , and did not find much that I could alter . I went carefully , however ...
... Conquest . It is true that I have made use of that part of my history which relates to the Conquest of Mexico , because I had given many years to that subject , and did not find much that I could alter . I went carefully , however ...
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... Conquest . These three accounts were written independently , each of the writers being unaware that the others had given any such account . One is from Cortes , addressed to the Emperor ; another is from the common soldier , Bernal Diaz ...
... Conquest . These three accounts were written independently , each of the writers being unaware that the others had given any such account . One is from Cortes , addressed to the Emperor ; another is from the common soldier , Bernal Diaz ...
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... the fame of any other discoverers and any other conquerors . Their discoveries and their conquests were made in regions hitherto unknown to mortals , in regions supposed by prac- 2 PRIOR EXPEDITIONS . tical men to belong to the. I. B.
... the fame of any other discoverers and any other conquerors . Their discoveries and their conquests were made in regions hitherto unknown to mortals , in regions supposed by prac- 2 PRIOR EXPEDITIONS . tical men to belong to the. I. B.
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... conquests . As an illustration of what I mean , I venture to assert , that probably every youth who has had any education , either in the Old or the New World , has some knowledge of the deeds of Columbus , Cortes , and Pizarro , while ...
... conquests . As an illustration of what I mean , I venture to assert , that probably every youth who has had any education , either in the Old or the New World , has some knowledge of the deeds of Columbus , Cortes , and Pizarro , while ...
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