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... matters which I wish to explain to you . This Life is not a mere extract from my His- tory of the Spanish 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 ...
... matters which I wish to explain to you . This Life is not a mere extract from my His- tory of the Spanish 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 ...
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... matters to which it relates . I am always , Yours affectionately , LONDON , Feb. , 1871 . ARTHUR HELPS . P. S. Since writing the above , I have referred again to the work of " The Anonymous Con- queror ; " and I find some notes in your ...
... matters to which it relates . I am always , Yours affectionately , LONDON , Feb. , 1871 . ARTHUR HELPS . P. S. Since writing the above , I have referred again to the work of " The Anonymous Con- queror ; " and I find some notes in your ...
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... matters of great importance , and he * See the romance beginning- " Dia era de san Jorge , Dia de gran festividad . Aquel dia por mas honor Los doce se van á armar . " Romances Caballerescos , núm . 12 . Romancero Castellano . DEPPING ...
... matters of great importance , and he * See the romance beginning- " Dia era de san Jorge , Dia de gran festividad . Aquel dia por mas honor Los doce se van á armar . " Romances Caballerescos , núm . 12 . Romancero Castellano . DEPPING ...
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... matters of religion , is so in warring against a cruel creed which has for its groundwork the fears of men , and is perpetually cemented by the blood of the weak amongst its worshippers . It was not , however , to be supposed that a ...
... matters of religion , is so in warring against a cruel creed which has for its groundwork the fears of men , and is perpetually cemented by the blood of the weak amongst its worshippers . It was not , however , to be supposed that a ...
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... matters of course . On the 16th of August , 1519 , Cortes set off Cortes for Mexico , resolved to see , in the quaint language of the unsuspected historian who accompanied him , " what sort of a thing the great Montezuma was * of whom ...
... matters of course . On the 16th of August , 1519 , Cortes set off Cortes for Mexico , resolved to see , in the quaint language of the unsuspected historian who accompanied him , " what sort of a thing the great Montezuma was * of whom ...
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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
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