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The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Volume II

The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Volume II

by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Bernal Díaz del Castillo chronicles the military expedition led by Hernán Cortés against the city of Tezcuco in late 1520. This account details the mobilization of Spanish forces and Tlascallan allies, as well as the tactical challenges encountered while navigating mountain passes during the march toward Mexico.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1632
Latest release
Aug 7, 2026
Pages
666
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Paperback nonfiction
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Table of Contents

  1. Errata
  2. CHAPTER CXXXVII.
  3. CHAPTER CXXXVIII.
  4. Chapter CXXXIX.
  5. CHAPTER CXL.
  6. CHAPTER CXLI.
  7. CHAPTER CXLII. How the captain Sandoval marches to Chalco and Tlalmanalco, and what he did there.
  8. CHAPTER CXLIII. How we marked our slaves at Tezcuco with a red-hot iron, and received intelligence that a vessel had run
  9. CHAPTER CXLIV.
  10. Chapter CXLV. The terrible thirst we suffered on our further march; our dangerous position at Xochimilco, and the many b
  11. CHAPTER CXLVI.
  12. CHAPTER CXLVII.
  13. CHAPTER CXLVIII.
  14. CHAPTER CXLIX.
  15. CHAPTER CL.
  16. Chapter CLI.
  17. Chapter CLII. How the Mexicans defeated Cortes, and took sixty-two of his men prisoners, who were sacrificed to their id
  18. CHAPTER CLIII. The new plan of operation which we adopt in the siege, and how all our allies return to their several hom
  19. CHAPTER CLIV.
  20. Chapter CLV.
  21. CHAPTER CLVI. How Quauhtemoctzin was taken prisoner.
  22. CHAPTER CLVII. How Cortes orders the aqueduct of Chapultepec to be restored; and of various other matters.
  23. CHAPTER CLVIII.
  24. Chapter CLIX.
  25. CHAPTER CLX.
  26. Chapter CLXI.
  27. Chapter CLXII.
  28. CHAPTER CLXIII. How the licentiate Zuazo set sail for New Spain in a small vessel, accompanied by two monks of the order
  29. CHAPTER CLXIV.
  30. CHAPTER CLXV.
  31. CHAPTER CLXVI.
  32. CHAPTER CLXVII. How our agents in Spain brought certain accusations against the bishop of Burgos, and what further happe
  33. CHAPTER CLXVIII. How Narvaez, Christobal de Tapia, the pilot Umbria, and the soldier Cardenas, bring heavy accusations a
  34. CHAPTER CLXIX.
  35. CHAPTER CLXX.
  36. CHAPTER CLXXI.
  37. Chapter CLXXII.
  38. CHAPTER CLXXIII.
  39. CHAPTER CLXXIV. How Cortes himself marches at the head of his troops to the Honduras in search of Christobal de Oli; of
  40. CHAPTER CLXXV. How we commence our march from Guacasualco, and the terrible fatigues and hardship we had to undergo for
  41. CHAPTER CLXXVI.
  42. CHAPTER CLXXVII.
  43. CHAPTER CLXXVIII.
  44. CHAPTER CLXXIX.
  45. CHAPTER CLXXX.
  46. CHAPTER CLXXXI.
  47. CHAPTER CLXXXII. Sandoval commences to subdue the province of Naco, and the opposition he meets with from the natives.
  48. CHAPTER CLXXXIII.
  49. CHAPTER CLXXXIV.
  50. CHAPTER CLXXXV. How Cortes receives a letter from the licentiate Zuazo out of the Havannah, and of its contents.
  51. CHAPTER CLXXXVI.
  52. CHAPTER CLXXXVII.
  53. Chapter CLXXXVIII.
  54. CHAPTER CLXXXIX.
  55. CHAPTER CXC.
  56. CHAPTER CXCI.
  57. CHAPTER CXCII. How the licentiate commences the investigation against Cortes, and all those persons who had filled judic
  58. CHAPTER CXCIII. How after the death of Ponce de Leon, Marcos de Aguilar assumes the government; the disputes which arose
  59. CHAPTER CXCIV. Marcos de Aguilar dies, and in his will appoints the treasurer Alonso de Estrada governor; and of other m
  60. CHAPTER CXCV. How Cortes receives letters from the Cardinal de Siguenza, then president of the council of the Indies, an
  61. CHAPTER CXCVI.
  62. CHAPTER CXCVII.
  63. CHAPTER CXCVIII.
  64. CHAPTER CXCIX.
  65. CHAPTER CC.
  66. CHAPTER CCI.
  67. CHAPTER CCII.
  68. CHAPTER CCIII.
  69. CHAPTER CCIV.
  70. CHAPTER CCV.
  71. CHAPTER CCVI.
  72. CHAPTER CCVII.
  73. CHAPTER CCVIII.
  74. CHAPTER CCIX.
  75. CHAPTER CCX.
  76. CHAPTER CCXI.
  77. CHAPTER CCXII.
  78. CHAPTER CCXIII.
  79. Notes