History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 1/4
by William Hickling Prescott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1201: North America local history: Mexico
- Subject
- Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59755
- Release Date
- June 15, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HISTORY OF THE Conquest of Mexico — INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR — EDITOR’S PREFACE — PREFACE
- 2.GENERAL CONTENTS
- 3.CONTENTS OF VOL. I
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.BOOK I — CONQUEST OF MEXICO — CHAPTER I ANCIENT MEXICO—CLIMATE AND PRODUCTS—PRIMITIVE RACES—AZTEC EMPIRE — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III MEXICAN MYTHOLOGY—THE SACERDOTAL ORDER—THE TEMPLES—HUMAN SACRIFICES — CHAPTER IV MEXICAN HIEROGLYPHICS—MANUSCRIPTS—ARITHMETIC—CHRONOLOGY—ASTRONOMY — CHAPTER V AZTEC AGRICULTURE—MECHANICAL ARTS—MERCHANTS—DOMESTIC MANNERS — CHAPTER VI [263] — THE ORIGIN OF THE MEXICAN CIVILIZATION PRELIMINARY NOTICE — ORIGIN OF THE MEXICAN CIVILIZATION—ANALOGIES WITH THE OLD WORLD
- 6.BOOK II DISCOVERY OF MEXICO
- 7.BOOK II DISCOVERY OF MEXICO — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V
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