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2. Bernal Díaz del Castillo - Wikipedia

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   Memorial to Bernal Díaz del Castillo in Medina del Campo, Spain. Bernal Díaz del Castillo (c. 1492 – 3 February 1584) was a Spanish conquistador who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events.

3. Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España

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   Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (transl. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) is a first-person narrative written in 1568 [1] by military adventurer, conquistador, and colonist settler Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1584), who served in three Mexican expeditions: those of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1517) to the Yucatán peninsula; the expedition of ...

4. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire - Wikipedia

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   Bernal Díaz del Castillo's True History of the Conquest of Mexico. The conquest of Mexico, the initial destruction of the great pre-Columbian civilizations, is a significant event in world history. The conquest was well documented by a variety of sources with differing points of view, including indigenous accounts, by both allies and opponents.

5. La Noche Triste - Wikipedia

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   Bernal Díaz del Castillo served as a rodelero, or soldier armed with sword and buckler, in Cortés' expedition, and personally participated in the nocturnal battle known as "La noche triste." His Chapter CXXVIII ("How we agreed to flee from Mexico, and what we did about it") is an account of the event.

6. Spanish conquest of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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   [114] [nb 5] Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo recounted how in 1526 he returned to Iximche and spent the night in the "old city of Guatemala" together with Luis Marín and other members of Hernán Cortés's expedition to Honduras. He reported that the houses of the city were still in excellent condition; his account was the last ...

7. Peten Itza kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Díaz del Castillo, Bernal (2005) [1632]. Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Editores Mexicanos Unidos, S.A. ISBN 968-15-0863-7. OCLC 34997012. Jones, Grant D. (1998). The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804735223. OCLC 38747674. Jones, Grant D. (2000).

8. In accidental leak, U.S. told Cuba that potential deportees ...

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   When José Enrique Bernal Castillo made his asylum claims to the federal government, the last thing he ever imagined was that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would accidentally publish his ...

9. Battle of Otumba - Wikipedia

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   According to conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo's account of the events, it was the Castilian cavalry that was decisive for victory in the perilous battle. The Aztecs regarded the Spaniards as already defeated, and were looking to gain glory from capturing live Spaniards to sacrifice to their gods.