LEADER 02984oam 2200661I 450 001 9910783870103321 005 20230617005922.0 010 $a1-134-28521-3 010 $a1-134-28522-1 010 $a1-280-26810-7 010 $a9786610268108 010 $a0-203-32155-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203321553 035 $a(CKB)1000000000249987 035 $a(EBL)199494 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000155781 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162031 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155781 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10112605 035 $a(PQKB)11130194 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199494 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL199494 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10858562 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL26810 035 $a(OCoLC)876507426 035 $a(OCoLC)62725293 035 $a(OCoLC)999706455 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB143158 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000249987 100 $a20180706e20051928 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFive letters, 1519-1526 /$fHernando Cortes ; [edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power ; translated by J. Bayard Morris with an introduction] 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (455 p.) 225 1 $aThe broadway travellers 300 $aReprinted. First published in 1928. 311 $a1-138-87811-1 311 $a0-415-34479-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. HIS LIFE; 2. THE MAN; 3. COMRADES AND CONTEMPORARIES; 4. ETHICS OF CONQUEST; 5. THE LETTERS; THE FIRST LETTER; THE SECOND LETTER; THE THIRD LETTER; THE FOURTH LETTER; THE FIFTH LETTER; NOTES; INDEX 330 $aFirst published in 1928.'These letters, well edited tell of a great conqueror, fighting for God and his king, and reveal the might proportions of the truly Elizabethan character that was Hernando Corte?s.' Times Literary Supplement.Corte?s's letters to the Emperor from Mexico are half-letters, half-despatches. The letters were all written between 1519 and 1526.Letter One: Despite the original never having been recovered, there is little doubt about the contents of this letter. The earliest discoveries of the mainland from 1517 onwards are outlined.Letter Two: Arguably th 410 0$aBroadway travellers. 607 $aMexico$xHistory$yConquest, 1519-1540 676 $a972/.02 700 $aCortes$b Hernando$f1485-1547.,$0386604 701 $aMorris$b J. Bayard$g(John Bayard)$01511776 701 $aPower$b Eileen$f1889-1940.$01511777 701 $aRoss$b E. Denison$g(Edward Denison),$cSir,$f1871-1940.$0646434 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783870103321 996 $aFive letters, 1519-1526$93745309 997 $aUNINA