Deadly Baggage: What Cortes Brought to Mexico and How It Destroyed the Aztec Civilization

by Al Sandine

In 1519, a few hundred Europeans led by Hernan Cortes sailed from Cuba to the Mexican mainland, where they encountered representatives of the Aztec Empire. Their Iberian history, culture and religion, and their experience in the Greater Antilles made conquest and riches the aim of these adventurers. They regarded themselves as heroes in a romantic crusade of good against evil. Each member of the expedition sought to acquire precious metals and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786497009
• ISBN13: 9780786497003
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher