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Books on: "Hernan Cortes" OR "Hernando Cortes"

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History of the Conquest of Mexico

Book by William H. Prescott, John Foster Kirk; J. B. Lippincott, 1891

Subjects:

Cortes, Hernan--1485-1547, Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540

Collections: History, Entire Library

...HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO. HERNANDO CORTES, CONQUEROR OF MEXICO. HISTORY...CHAPTER II. HERNANDO CORTES -- HIS EARLY LIFE -- VISITS THE...107 Hernando Cortes 107...
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The Medieval Heritage of Mexico

Book by Luis Weckmann, Frances M. López-Morillas; Fordham University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Mexico--Civilization--Medieval Influences, Mexico--History--Spanish Colony, 1540-1810

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Itinerario of Grijalvas expedition (island of luchatan); the few survivors of that expedition; Bernal Diaz del Castillo; Hernan Cortes (Island of Yucatin); Licentiate Ayllon and Pinfilo de Narvaez, and many others such as Gil Gonzalez Davila and Montejo...
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The Ancient Sun Kingdoms of the Americas

Book by Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen, Alberto Beltrán; World Publishing, 1961

Subjects:

Aztecs, Incas, Mayas--Antiquities

Collections: History, Entire Library

...felt the historicity of the moment. Hernan Cortes, who reported history as he made it...firewood . . ." "Truly, my Lord," wrote Hernan Cortes, continuing the description of this...B.C. until the arrival in 1519 of Hernan Cortes. They formed a sort of linguistic...
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The New World of Martin Cortes

Book by Anna Lanyon; Allen & Unwin, 2003

Subjects:

Conspiracies--Mexico--History--16th Century, Cortaes, Hernaan--1485-1547--Family, Cortes, Martin--1522-1569, Mestizos--Mexico--Biography, Mexico--History--Spanish Colony, 1540-1810--Biography, Soldiers--Europe--Biography, Spain--Court And Courtiers--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

"While researching Malinche's Conquest, Anna Lanyon discovered Malinche had a son, Martin Cortes, remembered by Mexicans as the first mestizo, and was compelled to investigate his story as it is as great an adventure as his mother's. It is a story of journeys between worlds: those of Indian mother ...
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"While researching Malinche's Conquest, Anna Lanyon discovered Malinche had a son, Martin Cortes, remembered by Mexicans as the first mestizo, and was compelled to investigate his story as it is as great an adventure as his mother's. It is a story of journeys between worlds: those of Indian mother and Spanish father, of the Americas and Europe, of feudal past and colonial future. It is also"
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North American Exploration: A New World Disclosed - Vol. 1

Book by John Logan Allen; University of Nebraska Press, 1997

Subjects:

North America--Discovery And Exploration

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Hawkinss expedition into the Gulf of Mexico in 1568, and by reference to the Aztec Emperor Moctezumas speech before Hernan Cortes in 1519, in which he stated that his "forefathers came from a farre countrie and their King and Captaine who brought them...

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Journal Articles on: "Hernan Cortes" OR "Hernando Cortes"

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"What's in a Name?" Investigating Whom to Memorialize

Journal article by Arlene Girard, Mary Beth Henning; Social Education, Vol. 71, 2007

Subjects:

Classroom management--Methods, Classroom techniques--Methods, History education--Study and teaching, History--Study and teaching, Onomasiology--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...figures should we choose to memorialize when naming our remaining two classroom student teams? SOURCES FOR STUDENTS Hernan Cortes Primary source material: Cortes letter to Emperor Charles V, www.britannica.com/hispanic_heritage/ article-9433107...
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Rhetorical Conquests: Cortes, Gomara, and Renaissance Imperialism

Journal article by Carmen Y. Hsu; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Rhetorical Conquests: Cortes, Gomara, and Renaissance Imperialism (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Press, 2006. viii + 250 pp. index. append. bibl. $43.95. ISBN: 1-55753-403-9. This volume examines how the representation of Hernan Cortes, first in his own Cartas de relacion (1519-26) and later in Francisco Lopez de Gomaras Historia de la conquista de Mexico...
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Disputed History and Poetry: Gaspar Perez De Villagra's Historia De la Nueva Mexico

Journal article by Miguel R. Lopez; Bilingual Review, Vol. 26, 2001

Subjects:

Historia de la Nueva Mexico (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poets--Works, Villagra, Gaspar Perez de--Works

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...successful" conquest such as that of Hernan Cortes. Villagra was accused of executing...royalty by way of the conquistador Hernan Cortes (Perez de Villagra 1992, 49). Later...great-granddaughter of Moctezuma and granddaughter of Hernan Cortes (Bancroft 116). As a result of this...
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Athena in Castille' Educational Computing in Spanish Schools

Journal article by Henri Dieuzeide; OECD Observer, Vol. a, 1992

Subjects:

Europe--Economic Conditions--1945-, Europe--Economic Policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...obvious delight to an Olivetti M280 computer for half an hours practice in recognising shapes and counting objects. At Hernando Cortes College in a Madrid suburb, 15 pupils handicapped by cerebral palsy are working with intense concentration on keyboards...
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Spanish Colonization Literature, Powhatan Geographies, and English Perceptions of Tsenacommacah/Virginia

Journal article by April Lee Hatfield; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003

Subjects:

Boundaries (Geography)--Analysis, Boundaries--Analysis, Colonization--History, United States history, 1600-1775 (Colonial period)

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...tributaries (such as the Cempoalans, who allied with conquistador Hernan Cortes) or with the empires enemies (such as the Tlaxcalans, who...Neal Salisbury have noted that John Smith tried to imitate Hernan Cortes, and while Morgan mentioned that other English officials...

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Magazine Articles on: "Hernan Cortes" OR "Hernando Cortes"

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Before the Boom

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 80, April 2008

Subjects:

Cities and towns, Mexico City, Mexico

Collections: Entire Library

...Lake Texcoco. Two hundred years later, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived in the region, eventually conquering the city on...have played an important part in the citys history. When Hernan Cortes arrived in 1519, he reported that the canoe was the main...
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Toward a Revolution in Macroeconomics

Magazine article by Heman Cortes Douglas; World and I, Vol. 18, August 2003

Subjects:

Business cycles--Research, Economic forecasting, Keynes, John Maynard, Macroeconomics--Forecasts and trends, Prechter, Robert R., Jr.

Collections: Entire Library

Toward a Revolution in Macroeconomics. by Heman Cortes Douglas Hernan Cortes Douglas is a Luksic Scholar at Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center. "This expansion will run forever." So said an MIT...
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Mexico

Magazine article by Henry H. Chase; American Visions, Vol. 8, February 1993

Subjects:

Mexico--Description and travel, Slavery--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Empire, seized Mexico and set in motion the mass importation of Africans to work Mexicos fields and silver mines. Though Hernan Cortes and his colleagues have won recognition for their courage and skill and though the culture of the southern half of the New...
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Participatory Mapping Empowers Patrimony: A Team of Geographers and Archaeologists Are Collaborating with Indigenous Communities in Tiltepec, Mexico to Put Their Lands and Languages on the Map

Magazine article by Scott Brady; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 61, March 2009

Subjects:

Archaeologists--Practice, Archaeologists--Social aspects, Cities and towns--Natural history, Geographers--Practice, Geographers--Social aspects, Indigenous peoples--Social aspects, Map drawing--Management, Mexico--Natural history

Collections: Entire Library

...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED In his account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, Bernal Diaz del Castillo tells us that in 1521 Hernan Cortes dispatched him and Gonzalo de Sandoval from Tenochtitlan south to the Provincia de los Zapoteccas. Cortes instructed the...
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Spain's Road to Empire the Making of a World Power, 1492-1763

Magazine article by Christopher Storrs; History Today, Vol. 53, May 2003

Subjects:

Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Spain's Road to Empire The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...union of their two realms and the creation of `Spain. Half a century later, between 1519 and 1521, the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, with just 600 men, sixteen horses and six artillery pieces, captured Tenochtitlan (the future Mexico City), capital of the...

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Newspaper Articles on: "Hernan Cortes" OR "Hernando Cortes"

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SANTANDER; 3 Different Ways to See 1 City

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), December 31, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Bargain basement WHERE TO STAY Pension La Corza (Calle de Hernan Cortes 25) is one of the best deals around, with high ceilings and...around pounds 14. COST pounds 14. NIGHTLIFE El Rocambole (Hernan Cortes 37) lays on bands, with a mostly 20- and 30- something crowd...
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SANTANDER; 3 Different Ways to See 1 City

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), December 31, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Bargain basement WHERE TO STAY Pension La Corza (Calle de Hernan Cortes 25) is one of the best deals around, with high ceilings and...cheeses for pounds 9. COST pounds 9. NIGHTLIFE El Rocambole (Hernan Cortes 37) lays on bands, with a mostly 20- and 30-something crowd...
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Today in History

Newspaper article; The Gympie Times (Gympie, Australia), July 9, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...9, the 190th day of 2009, 175 days are left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1519 - Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes lands in Mexico, founds the town of Veracruz and begins conquering the land. 1791 - Third Fleet arrives in Australia from...
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In California, a Fight to the Finish; Schwarzenegger Must Out-Muscle the State's Unions

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 6, 2005

Subjects:

Labor unions

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Steel, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Before marching on the capital of the Aztec empire in 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes burned his ships, cutting off the possibility of retreat and ensuring his tiny army would either prevail or perish. Its no...
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Experience Mexico's Quieter, Gentler Side

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 5, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...mountains, volcanoes, museums, pirate legends, fiestas and, yes, stunning beaches. In the early part of the 16th century, Hernan Cortes and his crew were snooping for Chinese treasure when they came across what is now known as Manzanillo on the Pacific Coast...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "Hernan Cortes" OR "Hernando Cortes"

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Ulloa, Francisco De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...FRANCISCO DE franthes ko tha oolyo a, d. c.1540, Spanish explorer in Mexico. Against the orders of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, Hernan Cortes sent Ulloa to explore the Gulf of California. In 1538 39 he sailed to the head of the gulf, thus proving that lower California...
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Conquistador

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...military leader in the Spanish conquest of the New World in the 16th cent. Francisco Pizarro , the conqueror of Peru, and Hernan Cortes , the conqueror of Mexico, were the greatest of the conquistadors. The name is frequently used to mean any daring, ruthless...
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Alvarado, Pedro De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...conquistador. He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of Juan de Grijalva, and was the chief lieutenant of Hernan Cortes in the conquest of Mexico. He commanded at Tenochtitlan in the absence of Cortes, and his brutality provoked a brief native...
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Tlaxcala , City, Mexico

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...E central Mexico. It is the site of the oldest Christian church in the Americas, founded (1521) by the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes . Nearby is a famous Mexican shrine, the Santuario y Colegiata de Ocotlan. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Montejo, Francisco De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...conquistador. He served in Cuba under Diego Velasquez, later commanded a vessel in the expedition of Juan de Grijalva, and joined Hernan Cortes in the conquest of Mexico. Montejo was commissioned to conquer the Maya of Yucatan, but failed in his attempt (1527 28) to...

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