Works, Volumes 23-24Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page lvii
... arrows are shown on any of the Maya sculptures , but in the stone carvings in Yucatan ( on which weapons are always prominent ) all the men are represented as armed with short spears or javelins and an Atlatl , It may be that bows and ...
... arrows are shown on any of the Maya sculptures , but in the stone carvings in Yucatan ( on which weapons are always prominent ) all the men are represented as armed with short spears or javelins and an Atlatl , It may be that bows and ...
Page 24
... arrows ; and me they struck thrice , one arrow wounding me dangerously in the left side , piercing through the ribs . All the other soldiers were wounded by spear thrusts and two of them were carried off alive , one named Alonzo Boto ...
... arrows ; and me they struck thrice , one arrow wounding me dangerously in the left side , piercing through the ribs . All the other soldiers were wounded by spear thrusts and two of them were carried off alive , one named Alonzo Boto ...
Page 43
... arrows on us we sometimes mistook the arrows for locusts and did not shield ourselves from them and so got wounded ; at other times we thought that they were arrows coming towards 1 The author of the Itinerario and the Letter from the ...
... arrows on us we sometimes mistook the arrows for locusts and did not shield ourselves from them and so got wounded ; at other times we thought that they were arrows coming towards 1 The author of the Itinerario and the Letter from the ...
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Aguilar Alaminos Alonzo already anchor arrived arrow wound asked attack Ávila barter battle beads Bernal Díaz boats brought Caciques called canoes Cape Catoche Captain carried Cempoala Chanpoton CHAPTER chief coast Coatzacoalcos conquest Cortés ordered Cozumel Cristóbal crossbows Cruz Diego de Ordás Diego Velásquez Doña Marina expedition EXTRACTS FROM INTRODUCTION fat Cacique fleet Francisco de Lugo Francisco de Montejo Francisco Hernández gave gold Gomara Gonzalo Governor Guatemala happened Havana Hernández de Córdova Hernando Cortés horses Idols Indians Isla Island of Cuba Juan de Grijalva killed knew lances land leagues leave Lord maize Majesty March Maya Mexicans Mexico Montezuma Nahua named natives Pedro de Alvarado pilot port Potonchan province Rio de Grijalva river sail Santiago de Cuba sent ships shore soldiers soon Spain Spaniards story sword Tabasco tell things Tlaxcalans told took town TRANSLATOR Trinidad vessels voyage warriors wished Yucatan