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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.
Book Details
- Publisher: Bantam
- Publish Date: Jul 28th, 2009
- Pages: 448
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.26in - 6.30in - 0.98in - 0.81lb
- EAN: 9780553384710
- Categories: • Latin America - Mexico• Indigenous - General• Europe - Spain
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About the Author
As a freelance journalist, he has covered adventure sports and lifestyle/travel subjects around the world, including several Eco-Challenges and other adventure expeditions in Argentina, Borneo, Europe, Greenland, Morocco, and the Philippines. His magazine articles and essays have appeared in Alaska Beyond, Backpacker, Big Sky Journal, Couloir, Discover, High Desert Journal, Poets & Writers, River Teeth, Ski, Trail Runner, Utne Reader, TV Guide, and VIA. He is clinical associate professor of English at Washington State University, and lives in northern Idaho.
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What people are saying
Private sector economic advisor. Author of the upcoming book “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”. Visit me at https://t.co/vhcQrJq9n3. #avgeek
@greenshane1987 Buddy Levy (“Conquistador”) cites several sources in his endnotes, including David Noble Cook (“Born to Die: Disease and the New World Conquest”).
Praise for this book
"Sweeping and majestic...A pulse-quickening narrative."--Neal Bascomb, author of Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin
"A century before the Mayflower, a single man settled the destiny of the Americas far more momentously than the Puritans ever could....Conquistador offers a fascinating account of the first and most decisive of those encounters: the one between the impetuous Spanish adventurer Cortés and Montezuma, the ill-starred emperor of the Aztecs.... [An] almost unbelievable story of missionary zeal, greed, cruelty and courage."--Wall Street Journal
"Drawing heavily on both Spanish and Aztec sources.... [Levy stresses] the military strategy, diplomatic initiaitves, and personal relationship between Cortés and Aztec emperor Montezuma.... Well-written.... Highly recommended."--Library Journal, starred review
"A fateful meeting of civilizations.... Cortes is front and center in this book.... [Levy's] description of the final siege on Tenochtitlan is especially dramatic."--Associated Press
"Explores just how far invaders will go to take what they want."-Cape Cod Times
What people are saying
Private sector economic advisor. Author of the upcoming book “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”. Visit me at https://t.co/vhcQrJq9n3. #avgeek
@greenshane1987 Buddy Levy (“Conquistador”) cites several sources in his endnotes, including David Noble Cook (“Born to Die: Disease and the New World Conquest”).