UID:
almafu_9960117672902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xcvi, 506 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-70581-6
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. Travel and exploration
Inhalt:
Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernan Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The two-volume edition reissued here was first published in 1904 and is considered a more reliable text, as it was based on the original manuscript preserved in Guatemala City. Volume 1 contains an introduction by the editor, the influential Mexican historian and book-collector Genaro García (1867-1920), a table of variant readings, and chapters 1-39 of the text.
Anmerkung:
Statement of responsibility has typographical error, should read Bernal Díaz del Castillo.
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Also issued in print: 2010.
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Originally published: México: Oficina Tipográfica de la Secretaría de Fomento, 1904.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-01736-3
Sprache:
Spanisch
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