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Hernando Cortez Makers of History By: John S. C. Abbott (1805-1877) |
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Hernando Cortez BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1901
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and fifty six, by HARPER & BROTHERS in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District
of New York. Copyright, 1884, by SUSAN ABBOT MEAD.
PREFACE.
The career of Hernando Cortez is one of the most wild and adventurous
recorded in the annals of fact or fiction, and yet all the prominent
events in his wondrous history are well authenticated. All truth
carries with itself an important moral. The writer, in this narrative,
has simply attempted to give a vivid idea of the adventures of
Cortez and his companions in the Conquest of Mexico. There are many
inferences of vast moment to which the recital leads. These are so
obvious that they need not be pointed out by the writer. A small portion of this volume has appeared in Harper's Magazine, in
an article furnished by the writer upon the Conquest of Mexico.
CONTENTS
Chapter Page I. THE DISCOVERY OF MEXICO 13 II. EARLY LIFE OF CORTEZ 28 III. THE VOYAGE TO MEXICO 57 IV. FOUNDING A COLONY 84 V. THE TLASCALANS SUBJUGATED 117 VI. THE MARCH TO MEXICO 150 VII. THE METROPOLIS INVADED 184 VIII. BATTLE OF THE DISMAL NIGHT 214 IX. THE CAPITAL BESIEGED AND CAPTURED 246 X. THE CONQUEST CONSUMMATED 281 XI. THE EXPEDITION TO HONDURAS 305 XII. THE LAST DAYS OF CORTEZ 330
ENGRAVINGS.
Page AMERICA DISCOVERED 16 CORTEZ TAKING LEAVE OF THE GOVERNOR 47 CUBA 52 THE FIRST MASS IN THE TEMPLES OF YUCATAN 61 FIRST CAVALRY CHARGE HEADED BY CORTEZ 73 INTERVIEW BETWEEN CORTEZ AND THE EMBASSADORS
OF MONTEZUMA 94 ROUTE OF CORTEZ 105 DESTROYING THE IDOLS AT ZEMPOALLA 120 MASSACRE IN CHOLULA 161 FIRST VIEW OF THE MEXICAN CAPITAL 168 THE MEETING OF CORTEZ AND MONTEZUMA 177 THE CITY OF MEXICO 190 THE FALL OF MONTEZUMA 222 THE BATTLE UPON THE CAUSEWAY 232 THE CAPTURE OF GUATEMOZIN 260
HERNANDO CORTEZ.
CHAPTER I. THE DISCOVERY OF MEXICO. The shore of America in 1492. Doubt and alarm. A light appears. He
watches the light. The shore is seen. The Spaniards land and are
hospitably received. Mexico is discovered. Arts and sciences of the
Mexicans. The mines of precious metals. Code of laws. Punishments.
Slavery. Military glory. Mexican mythology. The three states of
existence. Infant baptism. Worship. The temples and altars. Mode
of offering sacrifice. City of Mexico. Montezuma. Civilization of
the inhabitants. The Governor of Cuba resolves to subjugate the
country. Motives for carrying on conquests. Hernando Cortez.
Three hundred and fifty years ago the ocean which washes the shores of
America was one vast and silent solitude. No ship plowed its waves; no
sail whitened its surface. On the 11th of October, 1492, three small
vessels might have been seen invading, for the first time, these
hitherto unknown waters... Continue reading book >>
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