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_aLevy, Buddy, _d1960- |
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_aConquistador : _bHernaÌn CorteÌs, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs / _cBuddy Levy. |
| 250 | _aBantam Books trade pbk. ed. | ||
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_aNew York : _bBantam Books, _c2008. |
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_ax, 429 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; _c22 cm |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [393]-411) and index. | ||
| 520 | _aIn 1519, HernaÌn CorteÌs arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. In TenochtitlaÌn, the City of Dreams, CorteÌs met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of a complex and sophisticated civilization with fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, CorteÌs defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered thousands-to-one, CorteÌs repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Journalist Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled CorteÌs and his men to survive.--From publisher description. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aSetting out for New Spain and the serendipitous gift of language -- The battle with the Tabascans and the acquisition of La Malinche -- Montezuma's message -- The gambler stakes all : "either win the land, or die in the attempt" -- Into the mountains -- The massacre of Cholula -- The city of dreams -- City of sacrifice -- Seizure of empire -- CorteÌs and Montezuma -- Spaniard versus Spaniard -- The Festival of Toxcatl -- Montezuma's ironic fate -- La noche triste -- "Fortune favors the bold" -- "The great rash" -- Return to the Valley of Mexico -- The wooden serpent -- Encirclement -- The siege begins -- Clash of empires -- The last stand of the Aztecs. | |
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_aMexico _xHistory _yConquest, 1519-1540. |
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_aCorteÌs, HernaÌn, _d1485-1547. |
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