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100 1 _aCampe, Joachim Heinrich,
_d1746-1818
245 1 0 _aHernando Cortes
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aLife Stories for Young People
500 _aRelease date is 2019-06-11
508 _aProduced by D A Alexander, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)
520 _a"Hernando Cortes" by Joachim Heinrich Campe is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the tumultuous and often brutal history of Hernando Cortes and his conquest of the Aztec Empire, providing insights into the actions and motivations of key figures like Montezuma and Guatemozin. The narrative explores themes of courage, ambition, and the dark consequences of colonial greed. The opening of the book sets the stage for Cortes' extraordinary journey, detailing the initial explorations that brought the Spanish to Mexico and how their encounters with the indigenous people began. It introduces Cortes as a person of undeniable courage and ambition, yet marked by infamous savagery in his quest for gold and power. The text vividly describes early confrontations between the Spanish and the natives, highlighting the complex dynamics of cruelty and resistance. As Cortes plots his course toward the Mexican Empire, readers are left to ponder the implications of his actions and the fate of the indigenous peoples caught in the wake of conquest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 -- Juvenile literature
653 _aMexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Juvenile literature
700 1 _aUpton, George P.
_q(George Putnam),
_d1834-1919
830 0 _aLife Stories for Young People
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59732
999 _c100558
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