Works, Volumes 23-24Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page lvi
... enterprises into distant parts of the country , even as far as Tabasco and Guatemala . In fact , they became the head of a military and predatory empire , dependent for their food , as well as their wealth , on tribute drawn from ...
... enterprises into distant parts of the country , even as far as Tabasco and Guatemala . In fact , they became the head of a military and predatory empire , dependent for their food , as well as their wealth , on tribute drawn from ...
Page 68
... enterprise that was accomplished by our hands , and what historians may write about it , we , who were eye witnesses will certify when it is true , as we now certify to the errors , and as so much daring and zeal has been shown in ...
... enterprise that was accomplished by our hands , and what historians may write about it , we , who were eye witnesses will certify when it is true , as we now certify to the errors , and as so much daring and zeal has been shown in ...
Page 220
... enterprise , judging from what Olintecle explained and told us . In reality Mexico was much stronger and had better munitions and defences than anything he told us about , for it is one thing to have seen the place itself and its ...
... enterprise , judging from what Olintecle explained and told us . In reality Mexico was much stronger and had better munitions and defences than anything he told us about , for it is one thing to have seen the place itself and its ...
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