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Hernán Cortés : conquistador, colonizer, and destroyer of the Aztec Empire / Joe Greek.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Spotlight on explorers and colonizationPublisher: New York : Rosen Publishing, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781477788127 (library bound)
  • 1477788123 (library bound)
  • 9781477788103 (pbk.)
  • 1477788107 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Early life in Spain -- Setting sail for the new world -- Conquest of Cuba -- First steps toward Mexico -- Meeting Mexico's natives -- A message from the Aztec ruler -- Marching toward the Aztec capital -- Welcomed by Moctezuma -- Cortes takes control -- An arrest party comes for Cortes -- Aztec anger boils over -- Escape from Tenochtitlán -- Cortes regroups as Aztecs fall ill -- The fall of the Aztec empire -- The conqueror of New Spain -- Fall from power -- Final expedition and death -- A disputed legacy.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Cortes, H. G793 Available 33111008480168
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The legacy of Hernán Cortés, who famously conquered the formidable Aztec Empire, lives on to this day. This title traces his eventful life, introducing readers to an array of intriguing figures, such as Moctezuma, La Malinche, Cuautemoc, and Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. Learn how important the alliances that Cortés made with the Aztecs' native enemies proved and how the initially cordial relationship between the Spanish and the Aztecs deteriorated. The title explains how Cortés, like many conquistadors, became a polarizing figure in the centuries after his deeds and death and explores the reasons for the controversy surrounding him.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early life in Spain -- Setting sail for the new world -- Conquest of Cuba -- First steps toward Mexico -- Meeting Mexico's natives -- A message from the Aztec ruler -- Marching toward the Aztec capital -- Welcomed by Moctezuma -- Cortes takes control -- An arrest party comes for Cortes -- Aztec anger boils over -- Escape from Tenochtitlán -- Cortes regroups as Aztecs fall ill -- The fall of the Aztec empire -- The conqueror of New Spain -- Fall from power -- Final expedition and death -- A disputed legacy.

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