The Essential Diaz: Selections from The Conquest of New Spain

by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo and Ted Humphrey

Janet Burke (Translator)

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Ideally suited for use in swift-moving surveys of World, Atlantic, and Latin American history, this abridgment of Ted Humphrey and Janet Burke's 2012 translation of the True History provides key excerpts from Diaz's text and concise summaries of omitted passages. Included in this edition is a new preface outlining the social, economic, and political forces that motivated the European discovery of the New World.
  • ISBN13 9781624660023
  • Publish Date 15 March 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 248
  • Language English