1st Edition

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. By Bernal Diaz del Castillo, One of its Conquerors From the Exact Copy made of the Original Manuscript. Edited and published in Mexico by Genaro García. Volume I

Edited By Alfred Percival Maudslay Copyright 2010
    522 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    Books I-IV (1517-19), translated into English and edited, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Percival Maudslay, M.A., Hon. Professor of Archaeology, National Museum, Mexico, concerning the discovery of Mexico and the expeditions of Francisco Hernández de Cordova and Hernan Cortés, the march inland, and the war in Tlaxcala. The edition includes a bibliography of Mexico, pp. 311-68. Continued in Second Series 24, 25, 30, and 40. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1908.

    EXTRACTS FROM INTRODUCTION BY SEÑOR DON GENARO GARCÍA, BERNAL DÍAZ DEL CASTILLO: HIS LIFE, INTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR, NOTE ON SPELLING, ETC., ITINERARY—FEBRUARY 8, 1517, TO APRIL 21, 1519, PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR, BOOK I. THE DISCOVERY. THE EXPEDITION UNDER FRANCISCO HERNÁNDEZ DE CÓRDOVA, BOOK II. THE EXPEDITION UNDER HERNANDO CORTÉS. THE VOYAGE, BOOK III.THE MARCH INLAND, BOOK IV. THE WAR IN TLAXCALA, APPENDIX, GLOSSARY OF MEXICAN, SPANISH, PLACE – NAMES, BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Biography

    Alfred Percival Maudslay