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The Spanish Invasion of Mexico 1519–1521: Essential Histories

By III , Charles M Robinson

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing Ltd
Year
2004
ISBN
9781472895677, 9781841765631
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1381167 bytes)
Series
Essential Histories
Pages
\82
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 19:16:53

Description

The Spanish conquest of Mexico was the most remarkable military expedition in history, and in achieving it, Hernan Cortes proved himself as one of the greatest generals of all time. This book explains the background of the Aztec Empire and of the Spanish presence in Mexico. It describes the lives of the Aztecs in their glittering capital and of the Europeans who learned to adapt and survive in an alien and often dangerous world. The invasion was a war between civilizations, pitting the fatalism and obsessive ritual of the Aztecs against soldiers fighting for riches, their lives, and eventually their souls.

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