John S. C. Abbott
Hernando Cortez
Makers of History
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664124586
Table of Contents
The Capital Besieged and Captured.
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.
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 |