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This Lively Book Recounts The Explorations Of The First Generations Of Spanish Conquistadors And Their Native Allies. Author William K. Hartmann Brings Readers Along As The Explorers Probe From Cuba To The Aztec Capital Of Mexico City, And Then Northward Through The Borderlands To New Mexico, The Grand Canyon, Southern California, And As Far As Kansas. Characters Include Hernan Cortés, The Conqueror; The Aztec Ruler Montezuma; Francisco Vasquez De Coronado, A Famous Expedition Leader; Marcos De Niza, An Explorer-priest Doomed To Disgrace; And Viceroy Antonio Mendoza, The King's Representative Who Tried To Keep The Explorers Under Control. Recounting Eyewitness Experiences That The Spaniards Recorded In Letters And Memoirs, Hartmann Describes Ancient Lifeways From Mexico To The Western United States, Aztec Accounts Of The Conquest, And Discussions Between Aztec Priests And Spanish Priests About The Nature Of The Universe, Cortés's Lifelong Relationship With His Famous Native Mistress, Malinche (not To Mention The Mysterious Fate Of His Wife), Lost Explorers Who Wandered From Florida To Arizona, And Marcos De Niza's Controversial Reports Of The Seven Cities Of Cíbola. Searching For G

Author

Hartmann, William K., author

Publisher

University of Arizona Press; The University of Arizona Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781322067544

Subjects

History, Humanities