Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (Memoria) Free Download Epud By Bernal Díaz del Castillo
| Title | : | Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (Memoria) |
| Author | : | Bernal Díaz del Castillo |
| Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Page | : | 526 pages |
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La Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espa a es una obra de Bernal D az del Castillo, que fue uno de los soldados participantes en la mayor a de las jornadas de la conquista de M xico en el siglo XVI Es una obra de estilo cautivador desde las primeras l neas Nos narra el proceso de la conquista de M xico de una manera ruda, aunque sencilla, gil y directa.
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Bernal D az del Castillo 1492 ca 1580 was a conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hern n Cort s, himself serving as a rodelero under Cort s Born in Medina del Campo Spain , he came from a family of little wealth and he himself had received only a minimal education He sailed to Tierra Firme in 1514 to make his fortune, but after two y Bernal D az del Castillo 1492 ca 1580 was a conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards under Hern n Cort s, himself serving as a rodelero under Cort s Born in Medina del Campo Spain , he came from a family of little wealth and he himself had received only a minimal education He sailed to Tierra Firme in 1514 to make his fortune, but after two years found few opportunities there Much of the native population had already been killed by epidemics and there was political unrest So he sailed to Cuba, where he was promised a grant of Indian slaves But that promise was never fulfilled, leading D az, in 1517, to join an expedition being organized by a group of about 110 fellow settlers from Tierra Firme and similarly disaffected Spaniards They chose Francisco Hern ndez de C rdoba, a wealthy Cuban landowner, to lead the expedition It was a difficult venture, and although they discovered the Yucat n coast, by the time the expedition returned to Cuba they were in disastrous shape.Nevertheless, D az returned to the coast of Yucat n the following year, on an expedition led by Juan de Grijalva, with the intent of exploring the newly discovered lands Upon returning to Cuba, he enlisted in a new expedition, this one led by Hern n Cort s In this third effort, D az took part in one of the legendary military campaigns of history, bringing an end to the Aztec empire in Mesoamerica During this campaign, D az spoke frequently with his companions in arms about their experiences, collecting them into a coherent narration The book that resulted from this was Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espa a English The True History of the Conquest of New Spain In it he describes many of the 119 battles in which he claims to have participated, culminating in the fall of the Aztec Empire in 1521.As a reward for his service, D az was appointed governor of Santiago de los Caballeros, present day Antigua Guatemala He began writing his history in 1568, almost fifty years after the events described, in response to an alternative history written by Cort s s chaplain, who had not actually participated in the campaign He called his book the Historia Verdadera True History , in response to the claims made in the earlier work.D az died in 1585, without seeing his book published A manuscript was found in a Madrid library in 1632 and finally published, providing an eye witness account of the events, often told from the perspective of a common soldier Today it is one of the most important sources in understanding the campaign that led to the collapse of the Aztec Empire and the Spanish conquest of Mexico 
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Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (Memoria)526 pagesBernal Díaz del Castillo
526 pagesBernal Díaz del Castillo
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