ABSTRACT

First published in 1928.
'Something more than an historical document of the first importance...his narrative is so readable that one's interest and admiration are equally divided between the stupendous events he records and the charming revelations of his own character.' Saturday Review.
Four eye-witnesses of the discovery and conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards have left written records, but of these the present volume and the letters of Cortés (Volume 14) are by far the most important.

chapter I|32 pages

The Discovery

The Expedition Under Francisco Hernández de Córdova

chapter II|43 pages

The Expedition Under Hernando Cortes

The Voyage

chapter III|66 pages

The March Inland

chapter IV|58 pages

The War in Tlaxcala

chapter V|41 pages

The March to Mexico

chapter VI|66 pages

The Stay in Mexico

chapter VII|52 pages

The Expedition Under Pánfilo de Narvaez

chapter VIII|37 pages

The Flight from Mexico

chapter IX|14 pages

The Halt at Tepeaca

chapter X|19 pages

The Return to the Valley

chapter XI|45 pages

Preliminary Expeditions

chapter XII|77 pages

The Siege and Fall of Mexico