by Hernán Cortés, Ángel Delgado Gómez · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497407755
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This edition of 'Cartas de relación' presents the official reports of Hernán Cortés to Emperor Charles V, seeking to validate the legality of the conquest and counter accusations of rebellion. The texts offer a detailed description of the new lands, their inhabitants, alliances, wars, and political and military events during the campaign. Written between 1519 and 1526, these letters are a crucial testimony to the formation of New Spain and Cortés' role as its first governor.
Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
