ISBN: 0511705816

Printed Access Code, [EAN: 9780511705816], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Book, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, Bernal Diaz del Cast… Mehr…

Printed Access Code, [EAN: 9780511705816], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Book, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, Bernal Diaz del Castillo (1492 1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernan Cortes. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The two-volume edition reissued here was first published in 1904 and is considered a more reliable text, as it was based on the original manuscript preserved in Guatemala City. Volume 1 contains an introduction by the editor, the influential Mexican historian and book-collector Genaro Garcia (1867 1920), a table of variant readings, and chapters 1 139 of the text.", 4836, Mexico, 4808, Americas, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 0511705816

Printed Access Code, [EAN: 9780511705816], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Book, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, Bernal Diaz del Cast… Mehr…

Printed Access Code, [EAN: 9780511705816], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Book, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, Bernal Diaz del Castillo (1492 1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernan Cortes. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The two-volume edition reissued here was first published in 1904 and is considered a more reliable text, as it was based on the original manuscript preserved in Guatemala City. Volume 1 contains an introduction by the editor, the influential Mexican historian and book-collector Genaro Garcia (1867 1920), a table of variant readings, and chapters 1 139 of the text.", 9571614011, México, 9571610011, América Latina, 9571609011, Las Américas, 9571559011, Historia, 9298577011, Categorías, 9298576011, Libros<

ISBN: 9780511705816

Diaz Del Castillo Bernal, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal Daz De Castillo, Other Format, Spanish-language edition, Pub by Cambridge University Press Books, History~~Latin America~~Mexico… Mehr…

Diaz Del Castillo Bernal, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal Daz De Castillo, Other Format, Spanish-language edition, Pub by Cambridge University Press Books, History~~Latin America~~Mexico, Historia-Verdadera-de-La-Conquista-de-La-Nueva-Espana~~Diaz-Del-Castillo-Bernal, , , , , , , , , , Cambridge University Press<