29%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Letters from Mexico
Hernán Cortés
€ 40.99
€ 29.22
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Letters from Mexico
Paperback. Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context. Translator(s): Pagden, Mr. Anthony. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
Hernán Cortés’s Cartas de Relacíon, 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 Cortés’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 ... Read more
Hernán Cortés’s Cartas de Relacíon, 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 Cortés’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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Yale Nota Bene
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300090949
SKU
V9780300090949
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-31
About Hernán Cortés
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.
Reviews for Letters from Mexico
"[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 ... Read more