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The broken spears : the Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico / English translation by Lysander Kemp. Illus., adapted from original codices paintings, by Alberto Beltran.
- Title
- The broken spears : the Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico / English translation by Lysander Kemp. Illus., adapted from original codices paintings, by Alberto Beltran.
- Author
- León Portilla, Miguel
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, [1962]
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- Description
- xxxi, 168 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- Translated by Lysander Kemp. Illustrations adapted from original codices painting.
- Subject
- 1519-1540
- Nahuatl literature > Translations into English
- Aztecs > First contact with other peoples > Sources
- Indians of Mexico > First contact with other peoples > Sources
- Aztèques > Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples > Sources
- Peuples autochtones > Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples > Mexique > Sources
- Indians of Mexico > First contact with other peoples
- Aztecs > First contact with other peoples
- Nahuatl literature
- Nahuatl literature
- Aztecs
- Indians of Mexico > First contact with Europeans
- Civilization
- Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Sources
- Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête) > Sources
- Mexico
- Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Sources
- Genre/Form
- History
- Sources
- Translations
- Sources.
- Translations into Spanish.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-162).
- Credits (note)
- Translated from Nahuatl into Spanish by Angel Maria Garibray K., English translation by Lysander Kemp, illustrations, adapted from original codices paintings by Alberto Beltran.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Omens fortelling the arrival of the Spaniards -- First reports of the Spaniards' arrival -- The messengers' journeys -- Motecuhzoma's terror and apathy -- The Spaniards march on Tlaxcala and Cholula -- The gifts of gold: the god Tezcatlipoca appears -- The Spaniards are welcomed in Tezcoco -- The Spaniards arrive in Tenochtitlan -- The massacre in the main temple during the Fiesta of Toxcatl -- The night of sorrows -- The siege of Tenochtitlan -- Spanish raids into the besieged city -- The surrender of Tenochtitlan -- The story of the conquest as told by the anonymous authors of Tlatelolco -- Elegies on the fall of the city.
- ISBN
- 0807054992
- 9780807054994
- LCCN
- 62007247
- OCLC
- 494818
- SCSB-10095105
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library