The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
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Language: English
Published by Beacon Pr, 1992
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- Title
- The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
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- Publisher
- Beacon Pr
- Publication year
- 1992
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- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0807055018
- ISBN 13
- 9780807055014
- Item weight
- 0.65 pounds
In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors.
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Fascinating and moving native Aztec descriptions of Cortez's conquest of Mexico. First collected in 1962, now in a new expanded and updated edition.
Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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