Chimalpahin's conquest : a Nahua historian's rewriting of Francisco López de Gómara's La conquista de México / edited and translated by Susan Schroeder [and others].

By:

Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón, 1579-1660 [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Series: Series ChimalpahinPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 510 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780804775069
0804775060
0804769486
9780804769488

Uniform titles:

Conquista de México. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chimalpahin's conquest.DDC classification:

972/.02 22

LOC classification:

F1230.C385 C4713 2010eb

Online resources:

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Contents:

I. The history of Chimalpahin's "Conquista" manuscript / Susan Schroeder -- II. Reclaiming the Conquest : an assessment of Chimalpahin's modifications to La conquista de México / David E. Tavárez -- III. Francisco López de Gómara and La Conquista de México / Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera -- The conquest of Mexico / written by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón (Chimalpahin) Quauhtlehuanitzin.

Summary: The story of Hernando Cortés' conquest of Mexico, as recounted by a contemporary Spanish historian and edited by Mexico's premier Nahua historian. Francisco López de Gómara's monumental 'Historia de las Indias y Conquista de México' was published in 1552 to instant success. Despite being banned from the Americas by Prince Philip of Spain, 'La Conquista' fell into the hands of the 17th century Nahua historian Chimalpahin, who made a copy of the tome, rewriting large sections and adding information about Emperor Moctezuma and other key indigenous people who participated in those first encounters.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Spanish manuscript.

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The story of Hernando Cortés' conquest of Mexico, as recounted by a contemporary Spanish historian and edited by Mexico's premier Nahua historian. Francisco López de Gómara's monumental 'Historia de las Indias y Conquista de México' was published in 1552 to instant success. Despite being banned from the Americas by Prince Philip of Spain, 'La Conquista' fell into the hands of the 17th century Nahua historian Chimalpahin, who made a copy of the tome, rewriting large sections and adding information about Emperor Moctezuma and other key indigenous people who participated in those first encounters.

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