by Hernán Cortés · Instituto Gallach · tapa dura · ISBN 9788470694868
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«Cartas de relación» is the commemorative edition of Hernán Cortés's chronicles of the conquest of Mexico, published by Instituto Gallach in hardcover (436 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together the letters that Hernán Cortés addressed to the Crown during the conquest of Mexico, in which he recounts the advance of the expedition, the encounter with indigenous populations and the establishment of Spanish rule. The commemorative edition includes an introductory study, bibliography and glossary to aid reading.
Commemorative edition of the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of America, published in 1986. Numbered copy from the Crónicas de América collection.
Aimed at readers of Spanish and American history interested in the original testimonies of the conquest of Mexico.
Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
