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 V

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

    Continued from Second Series 23, 24, 25, 30. Books XIV-XVII, translated into English and edited, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Percival Maudslay, M.A., Hon. Professor of Archaeology, National Museum, Mexico, relating the expedition to Honduras, the return to Mexico, the rule of the Audiencia there, and the record of the conquistadores, with an appendix including the fifth letter of Cortés to the Emperor Charles V, 1526. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1916. Owing to technical constraints the Map of Tabasco, by Melchor Alfaro de Santa Cruz, 1579 is not included.

    Contents: The expedition to Honduras; The return to Mexico; The rule of the audiencia; The record of the conquistadores Appendices; Index.

    Biography

    Alfred Percival Maudslay