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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain., Vols. 1-2 (of 2)

The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain., Vols. 1-2 (of 2)

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CONTENTS (abridged list)
THE FIRST VOLUME.
Chap. I. The time of my departure from Castile, and what farther happened to me
Chap. II. Of the discovery of Yucatan, and the battle we fought there with the natives
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Chap. CXXXV. How all the slaves we had taken in Tepeaca, Quauhquechola, Tecalco, and Castilblanco, were brought together in our head-quarters, and branded with an iron, in his majesty's name
Chap. CXXXVI. How the chief officers and principal personages of Narvaez's troops request leave to return to Cuba, which Cortes grants, and they accordingly leave; also how our general sends ambassadors to Spain, St. Domingo, and Jamaica
Notes

THE SECOND VOLUME.
Chap. CXXXVII. How the whole of us marched towards Tezcuco, and what happened to us on our way there
Chap. CXXXVIII. How we marched against Iztapalapan; Cortes taking along with him Alvarado and Oli; while Sandoval was left behind to protect Tezcuco
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Chap. CCXII. Of various remarks which were made respecting my history, which the reader will be pleased to hear
Chap. CCXIII. Of the planets and signs in the heavens which prognosticated reted by the Mexicans; and of other matters
Notes

About the Author
"Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 – 1585) was a conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards for Hernán Cortés, himself serving as a rodelero under Cortés." -- Wikipedia
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