TY - BOOK ID - 85463931 TI - The true history of the conquest of New Spain. AU - Díaz del Castillo, Bernal AU - García, Genaro AU - Maudslay, Alfred Percival PY - 2011 SN - 0511687001 1108017088 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, KW - Cortés, Hernán, KW - Friends and associates. KW - Mexico KW - History KW - Cortés, Hernán KW - Cortes, Fernando KW - Cortez, Fernando KW - Díaz, Bernal, KW - Castillo, Bernal Díaz del, KW - Del Castillo, Bernal Díaz, KW - Díaz del Castillo, Bernardo, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85463931 AB - Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortes, and participated in the campaigns that led to the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521. This 1928 translation of his journals derives from the 1904 edition by the Mexican historian Genaro García - the first edition based on the original manuscript. Written as a corrective to accounts that overemphasised Cortes' exploits, Díaz's epic includes the experiences of the common soldier: hardship, thirst, long marches & unexpected attacks by rebels. The most complete contemporary chronicle of the Mexican conquest, this important historical document is also a captivating adventure narrative that combines factual accuracy with many dramatic anecdotes. ER -