The Quarterly Review, Volume 73John Murray, 1843 |
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Page 219
... Cortés more than open hostility ; it had whetted the appetites of the soldiery for gold ; it had encouraged the resolution of Cortés to effect a complete conquest of the country ; yet seemed to have cut off all justification for further ...
... Cortés more than open hostility ; it had whetted the appetites of the soldiery for gold ; it had encouraged the resolution of Cortés to effect a complete conquest of the country ; yet seemed to have cut off all justification for further ...
Page 222
... Cortés persuaded him that it was for his amusement that some brigantines were built , to exhibit to the wondering Mexicans the manner in which the Spaniards commanded the winds of heaven to impel their large vessels as they pleased . Cortés ...
... Cortés persuaded him that it was for his amusement that some brigantines were built , to exhibit to the wondering Mexicans the manner in which the Spaniards commanded the winds of heaven to impel their large vessels as they pleased . Cortés ...
Page 232
... Cortés on one occasion speaks of 12,000 - in others of 50,000 - killed in one conflict . And this warfare was carried on in the name and under the Cross of Christ ! De Solis , like a skilful dramatist , closes his book with the ...
... Cortés on one occasion speaks of 12,000 - in others of 50,000 - killed in one conflict . And this warfare was carried on in the name and under the Cross of Christ ! De Solis , like a skilful dramatist , closes his book with the ...
Contents
Vaudois 1842 | 3 |
A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the late William | 27 |
Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of Ame | 113 |
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