Historia de Nueva-España, escrita por su escalarecido conquistador Hernan Cortes. Aumentada con Otros Documentos, y Notas

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano (1485-1547) and Francesco Antonio Lorenzana

Verlag: Jose Guadelupe Alvarez Canel 1970 Mexico, 1970

Beschreibung

[10]+xvi+400+[index] with 27 plates one folding and fold out map. Title printed in red and black. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8") bound in original publisher's velum with brown label to spine with title blind stamped. Facsimile of the of the 1770 edition. Limited to 500 copies. Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón (1722-1804) Lorenzana was an important figure in Mexican history as a collector and editor. He helped prepare for publication the works of Juan López de Velasco, Juan Suárez de Peralta and Martín Alfonso Tavila. He also published letters of conqueror Hernán Cortés, that included an account of Cortés's voyage to Baja California, as well as later expeditions there to 1769. Hernán Cortés was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Because of the controversial undertakings of Cortés and the scarcity of reliable sources of information about him, it is difficult to describe his personality or motivations. Early lionizing of the conquistadores did not encourage deep examination of Cortés. Modern reconsideration has done little to enlarge understanding regarding him. As a result of these historical trends, descriptions of Cortés tend to be simplistic, and either damning or idealizing. Condition: Damp rippled, mold to cover, back velum stained else about very good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BOOKS003783

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Historia de Nueva-España, escrita por su ...

Verlag: Jose Guadelupe Alvarez Canel 1970 Mexico

Erscheinungsdatum: 1970

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good