The story of Mexico : Cortés and the Spanish conquest / R. Conrad Stein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--AuthorPublication details: Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub. , 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781599350530
Other title:
  • Cortés and the Spanish conquest
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • YA 972 STE
LOC classification:
  • F1230 .S85 2008
Contents:
City of dreams -- The Aztec world -- God, gold, and glory -- The lure of Mexico -- The march inland -- Cortés and Montezuma -- The captive nation -- The conquest of the Aztecs -- Building a new Spain -- Legacy of the conquest.
Summary: For hundreds of years, the Aztec empire was the mightiest in Mexico. It was a society of fierce warriors, centralized in the near-impregnable island city of Tenochtitlan, from where the Aztecs ruled over the people of Mexico. But in the sizteenth century, Spanish Conquistadors came to the Americas. With little regard for the peoples who populated the New World, the Conquistadors sought to expand the Spanish Empire and seek fabulous wealth, even if doing so meant going to war with an entire race of people.
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Young Adult Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Juvenil Juvenil YA 972 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 053628

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-157) and index.

City of dreams -- The Aztec world -- God, gold, and glory -- The lure of Mexico -- The march inland -- Cortés and Montezuma -- The captive nation -- The conquest of the Aztecs -- Building a new Spain -- Legacy of the conquest.

For hundreds of years, the Aztec empire was the mightiest in Mexico. It was a society of fierce warriors, centralized in the near-impregnable island city of Tenochtitlan, from where the Aztecs ruled over the people of Mexico. But in the sizteenth century, Spanish Conquistadors came to the Americas. With little regard for the peoples who populated the New World, the Conquistadors sought to expand the Spanish Empire and seek fabulous wealth, even if doing so meant going to war with an entire race of people.

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