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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2): Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2): Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.

Name: The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2): Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.
Author: Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540

CHAP. XIX. How another armament was fitted out for a voyage to the newly
  discovered countries; the command of which was given to Hernando Cortes,
  afterwards Marquis of the Vale of Oaxaca; also of the secret cabals
  which were formed to deprive him of it                                 42

  CHAP. XX. Of the designs and plans of Hernando Cortes after he had
  obtained the appointment of captain                                    45

  CHAP. XXI. Cortes' occupations at Trinidad, and of the cavaliers and
  warriors who there joined our expedition, and other matters            47

  CHAP. XXII. How the governor, Diego Velasquez, sends two of his
  officials in all haste to Trinidad, with full power and authority to
  deprive Cortes of his appointment of captain, and bring the squadron
  away, &c.                                                              49

  CHAP. XXIII. Cortes embarks with all his cavaliers and soldiers in order
  to sail along the south side of the island to the Havannah, and sends
  off one of the vessels to go around the north coast for the same port  51

  CHAP. XXIV. Diego Velasquez sends one of his officials, named Gaspar
  Garnica, with full authority to take Cortes prisoner, whatever might be
  the consequence; and what further happened                             54

  CHAP. XXV. Cortes sets sail with the whole squadron for the island of
  Cozumel, and what further took place                                   56

  CHAP. XXVI. Cortes reviews his troops, and what further happened       57

  CHAP. XXVII. Cortes receives information that two Spaniards are in the
  power of the Indians at the promontory of Cotoche: the steps he took
  upon this news                                                         58

  CHAP. XXVIII. The manner in which Cortes divides the squadron. The
  officers whom he appointed to the command of the several vessels. His
  instructions to the pilots; the signals which were to be made with
  lanterns at night, &c.                                                 62

  CHAP. XXIX. How the Spaniard Geronimo de Aguilar, who was in the power
  of the Indians, came to us when he learnt that we had again returned to
  the island of Cozumel, and what further happened                       63

  CHAP. XXX. How we re-embark and sail for the river Grijalva, and what
  happened to us on our voyage there                                     66

  CHAP. XXXI. How we arrive in the river Grijalva, called in the Indian
  language the Tabasco; the battle we fought there; and what further took
  place                                                                  68

  CHAP. XXXII. How Cortes despatches two of our principal officers, each
  with one hundred men, to explore the interior of the country, and what
  further took place                                                     71

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