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Hernan Cortes's Cartas de Relacion, written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, provide an extraordinary narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. Pagden's English translation has been prepared from a close examination of the earliest surviving manuscript and of the first printed editions, and he also provides a new introduction offering a bold and innovative interpretation of the nature of the conquest and Cortes's involvement in it. J. H. Elliot's introductory essay explains Cortes's conflicts with the Crown and with Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba.
Hernan Cortes's Cartas de Relacion, written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, provide an extraordinary narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. Pagden's English translation has been prepared from a close examination of the earliest surviving manuscript and of the first printed editions, and he also provides a new introduction offering a bold and innovative interpretation of the nature of the conquest and Cortes's involvement in it. J. H. Elliot's introductory essay explains Cortes's conflicts with the Crown and with Diego Velazquez, the governor of Cuba.
Anthony Pagden is Harry C. Black Professor of History at the Johns
Hopkins University.
J. H. Elliott is Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History,
University of Oxford.
"[A] welcome re-issue of Anthony Pagden’s fine translation of
Cortés’ Cartas De Relacion. . . . This edition is a model of how to
present a sometimes difficult text to an English-speaking
readership."—B.W. Ife, Times Higher Education Supplement
"[The] definitive translation. . . . It adds up to one of the most
fascinating Machiavellian documents to come out of the
Renaissance."—Carlos Fuentes, The Guardian
"The definitive edition [of the letters] in any language. . . . The
book is a 'must' for all those who are seriously interested in this
traumatic clash of civilisations and the consequences, both for
good and ill, which ensued."—C.R. Boxer, English Historical
Review
"Ensures that the achievements and controversies of Hernan Cortés
will have a source and a guide worthy of these extraordinary
events."—John Lynch, Journal of Latin American Studies
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