Part 1/3: History of the Conquest of Mexico

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Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet never did I breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold.
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacific - and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise -
Silent, upon a peak in Darien. - Keats

Prescott’s classic and beautifully written work describes what Cortez and his men went on to do, and how it was that they came to destroy the empire of the Aztecs.

Contents:
00 Bk1, C1-Ancient Mexico, its climate and its products
01 Bk1,C2-Succession to the crown, Aztec nobility
02 Bk1,C3-Mexican mythology, the sacerdotal order
03 Bk1,C4-Mexican hieroglyphics, manuscripts
04 Bk1,C5-Aztec agriculture, the mechanical arts
05 Bk1,C6-The Tezcucans, their golden age
06 Bk2,C1-Spain under Charles V, progress of discovery
07 Bk2, C2-Hernando Cortes, his early life
08 Bk2,C3-Jealousy of Velasquez, Cortes embarks
09 Bk2,C4-Voyage to Cozumel, conversion of the natives
10 Bk2,C5-Voyage along the coast, Dona Marina
11 Bk2,C6-Account of Montezuma, state of his empire
12 Bk2,C7-Troubles in the camp, plan for a colony
13 Bk2,C8-Another Aztec embassy, destruction of idols
14 Bk3,C1-Proceedings at Cempoalla, the Spaniards climb the tableland
15 Bk3,C2-Republic of Tlascala, its institutions *
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