When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History

by Matthew Restall

Book Overview

A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cort s that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas

On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cort s first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction--the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062427261
• ISBN13: 9780062427267
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"