Works, Volumes 23-24Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 15
... signs of peace to them , beckoning with our hands and waving our cloaks to induce them to come and speak to us , although at that time we had no interpreters who could speak the lan- guages of Yucatan and Mexico . They approached quite ...
... signs of peace to them , beckoning with our hands and waving our cloaks to induce them to come and speak to us , although at that time we had no interpreters who could speak the lan- guages of Yucatan and Mexico . They approached quite ...
Page 19
... signs what it was we were looking for , and we gave them to understand that we had come for water , and wished to return at once to our ships . They then made signs with their hands to find out whether we came from the direction of the ...
... signs what it was we were looking for , and we gave them to understand that we had come for water , and wished to return at once to our ships . They then made signs with their hands to find out whether we came from the direction of the ...
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... sign away men's lives ! " — and it seems to me that that saying is common among judges who have to sentence men to death , and is a quotation taken from that cruel Nero at the time when he showed signs of being a good Emperor . As soon ...
... sign away men's lives ! " — and it seems to me that that saying is common among judges who have to sentence men to death , and is a quotation taken from that cruel Nero at the time when he showed signs of being a good Emperor . As soon ...
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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