Works, Volumes 23-24Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page xi
... received ten arrow wounds , and the author , who received " three , and one of them in the left side which pierced my ribs , and was very dangerous . " The survivors returned by way of Florida to Cuba , disillusioned and in ill - health ...
... received ten arrow wounds , and the author , who received " three , and one of them in the left side which pierced my ribs , and was very dangerous . " The survivors returned by way of Florida to Cuba , disillusioned and in ill - health ...
Page xxxii
... receiving " pay or any favour whatever . " He returned poor , in debt , and with ragged clothes . Andrés de Tápia received him in his house , and Gonzalo de Sandoval sent him garments with which to clothe himself , " and gold and cacao ...
... receiving " pay or any favour whatever . " He returned poor , in debt , and with ragged clothes . Andrés de Tápia received him in his house , and Gonzalo de Sandoval sent him garments with which to clothe himself , " and gold and cacao ...
Page 167
... received . THE next day about ten o'clock we reached the fortified town called Quiahuitztlan , which stands amid great rocks and lofty cliffs and if there had been any resistance it would have been very difficult to capture it ...
... received . THE next day about ten o'clock we reached the fortified town called Quiahuitztlan , which stands amid great rocks and lofty cliffs and if there had been any resistance it would have been very difficult to capture it ...
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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