Talamantes

This anthology of foundational sixteenth-century Spanish-language texts presents the European side of the discovery and colonization of the New World. Otto Olivera has chosen representative selections from the works of eighteen authors, including Garcilaso de la Vega, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Hernán Cortés, and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Their writings present an impressive panorama of the first years of a real New World that could compete with any portrayed in European novels of chivalry or travel. To put these texts in historical context, Olivera has written...

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La narración de un niño, antes de la conquista, el significado de la palabra México, ilustraciones de la vida en Tenochtitlán.Un niño llamado Cacao.Es la narración de un niño, que quiere ser recordador de palabras, quien vive en la antigua Tenochtitlán y nos dice como es vivir en ella. También nos platica, dos historias que escucho de un viejo quien explica de donde vienen las palabras México y mexica, Cacao nos lleva en un viaje al centro de Tenochtitlán, antes de la conquista, es la historia de un pueblo pequeño, pobre e emigrante que llega a ser un gran imperio. Un imperio que...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...