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Conquest
Montezuma, Cortes, and the fall of Old Mexico
By Thomas, Hugh
- ISBN
- 978-0-67170-518-3
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1994
Digging into thousands of pages of legal testimony given in the 1520s by participants in Cortes's expedition against the Mexico of ancient Mesoamerica, Thomas revisits the Spanish invasion of the Aztec Empire. The result is a richer account of the personalities, events, and social setting of this momentous episode than currently exists in accessible form. T...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
