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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictPrescott's account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniard Cortes, first published in 1843, is classic. Despite the passage of time, it remains lively and fresh. Only the account by Bernal Diaz del ... Read full review
Contents
Causeways of City of Mexico 55 | 1 |
Discovery of Mexico | 11 |
Meeting with the Tlascalans | 27 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The conquest of Mexico: a modern rendering of William H. Prescott's history |
| Author | William Hickling Prescott |
| Editor | Beatrice Berler |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Corona Pub. Co., 1988 |
| ISBN | 0931722691, 9780931722691 |
| Length | 143 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Latin America / Mexico History / Military / United States Mexico |
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