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Hernando Cortés: Five Letters, 1519-1526 - Cortes, Hernando, and Morris, Bayard J. (Introduction by)
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These five letters by the Spanish conqueror, Hernando Cort�s, were written to the Emperor Charles V of Spain between 1519 and 1526. They describe the earliest discoveries of the mainland, the perilous trek into hostile country, the capture of the Aztec capital, the extension of Cort�s' power throughout Mexico, the expedition to Honduras, and the organization and ordering of the Spanish empire in the new world.

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Hernando Cortés: Five Letters, 1519-1526 1992, WW Norton & Co

ISBN-13: 9780393098778

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