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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (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 2 (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 2 (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. CXLVII. How Cortes issues orders to the inhabitants of all the
    townships in the neighbourhood of Tezcuco which were allied with us,
    to furnish us with arrows and copper points for the same, and what
    further took place at our head-quarters                             55

    CHAP. CXLVIII. How Cortes reviews the whole of his troops at
    Tezcuco; and of his further dispositions for conducting the siege of
    Mexico                                                              57

    CHAP. CXLIX. The manner in which Cortes selects the men who were to
    row the brigantines; of the commanders who were appointed to each;
    and of other matters                                                58

    CHAP. CL. Of Cortes' further dispositions for the siege             60

    CHAP. CLI. How Cortes assigns particular stations to the twelve
    brigantines, the thirteenth being considered unfit for service      68

    CHAP. CLII. How the Mexicans defeated Cortes, and took sixty-two of
    his men prisoners, who were sacrificed to their idols; our general
    himself being wounded in the leg                                    81

    CHAP. CLIII. The new plan of operation which we adopt in the siege,
    and how all our allies return to their several homes                91

    CHAP. CLIV. How Cortes offers terms of peace to Quauhtemoctzin      97

    CHAP. CLV. How Gonzalo de Sandoval marches against the provinces
    which had sent their troops to cooperate with Quauhtemoctzin       100

    CHAP. CLVI. How Quauhtemoctzin was taken prisoner                  107

    CHAP. CLVII. How Cortes orders the aqueduct of Chapultepec to be
    restored; and of various other matters                             116

    CHAP. CLVIII. How a certain Christobal de Tapia arrived in Vera
    Cruz, with the appointment of governor of New Spain                122

    CHAP. CLIX. How Cortes and the officers of the crown forward to
    Spain the wardrobe of Motecusuma, and the emperor's share of the
    booty; and what further happened                                   131

    CHAP. CLX. How Sandoval arrives in the town of Tustepec; what he
    did there; his march to the river Guacasualco, and what further
    happened                                                           137

    CHAP. CLXI. How Alvarado marches to the province of Tutepec to build
    a town there; and how far he succeeded in subduing the country, and
    in founding a colony                                               145

    CHAP. CLXII. How Francisco de Garay arrives with an extensive
    armament in the river Panuco; how far he was successful; and of many
    other circumstances                                                148

    CHAP. CLXIII. How the licentiate Zuazo set sail for New Spain in a
    small vessel, accompanied by two monks of the order of Charity; and
    their remarkable adventures on this voyage                         163

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