The Life of Hernando Cortes, Volume 1G. Bell, 1896 |
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... present day , in the province of Yuca- tan , we may well conclude how great an impres- sion must have been produced upon those Euro- peans who were first permitted to see the signs of Yucatan . DE CORDOVA . 13 a civilization which has ...
... present day , in the province of Yuca- tan , we may well conclude how great an impres- sion must have been produced upon those Euro- peans who were first permitted to see the signs of Yucatan . DE CORDOVA . 13 a civilization which has ...
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... presents which they brought to the conqueror , were twenty female slaves , whose business it was to make bread , and who carried with them the stones between which , after the Oriental fashion , they were accustomed to pound their maize ...
... presents which they brought to the conqueror , were twenty female slaves , whose business it was to make bread , and who carried with them the stones between which , after the Oriental fashion , they were accustomed to pound their maize ...
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... present instance the passage is iban las piedras por los montes retumbando con gran ruido.— BERNAL DIAZ , cap . 38. From the nature of the coast , I have adopted the rendering in the text , though not without some doubts as to its ...
... present instance the passage is iban las piedras por los montes retumbando con gran ruido.— BERNAL DIAZ , cap . 38. From the nature of the coast , I have adopted the rendering in the text , though not without some doubts as to its ...
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... had before met Cortes . He brought with him magnificent presents from the King , and , amongst other things , a sun of gold , which he laid before Cortes , informing him that MONTEZUMA'S REPLY . 57 Montezuma sent these things to show.
... had before met Cortes . He brought with him magnificent presents from the King , and , amongst other things , a sun of gold , which he laid before Cortes , informing him that MONTEZUMA'S REPLY . 57 Montezuma sent these things to show.
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... present state of affairs , it was " not convenient to allow Cortes to present Cortes . himself at the Mexican court . Certainly , from the official style of this reply , we may conjecture that the Mexicans had reached a high state of ...
... present state of affairs , it was " not convenient to allow Cortes to present Cortes . himself at the Mexican court . Certainly , from the official style of this reply , we may conjecture that the Mexicans had reached a high state of ...
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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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