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Biographical and Critical Miscellaniesby William H. PrescottISBN 0781287707 (0-7812-8770-7)
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Biographical and Critical Miscellanies by William H Prescottby William H. PrescottISBN 0548018332 (0-548-01833-2)
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The Conquest of Mexicoby William H. PrescottISBN 0460003976 (0-460-00397-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Conquest of Mexico'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1922. Excerpt: ... Mexico. It would have much facilitated reference to his plates, if they had been numbered-- a strange omission! Page 29 (*).--The caciques, who submitted to the allied arms, were usually confirmed in their authority, and the conquered places allowed to retain their laws and usages. (Zurita, Rapport, p. 67.) The conquests were not always partitioned, but sometimes, singularly enough, were held tn common by the three powers.--Ibid., p. 11. Page 29 (*).--The Hon. C. A. Murray, whose imperturbable good humour under real troubles forms a contrast, rather striking, to the sensitiveness of some of his predecessors to imaginary ones, tells us, among other marvels, that an Indian of his party travelled a hundred miles in fourand-twenty hours. (Travels in N. America [New York, 1839], vol. i. p. 193.) The Greek, who, according to Plutarch, brought the news of victory at Platsea, a hundred and twenty-five miles, in a day, was a better traveller still. Some interesting facts on the pedestrian capabilities of man in the savage state are collected by Buffon, who concludes, truly enough, "L'homme civilise' ne connait pas ses forces."--(Histoire Naturelle; De la Jeunesse.) Page 29 (*).--Torquemada, Monarch. Ind., lib. 14, cap. I. The same wants led to the same expedients in ancient Rome, and still more ancient Persia. "Nothing in the world is borne so swiftly," says Herodotus, "as messages by the Persian couriers;" which his commentator, Valckenaer, prudently qualifies by the exception of the carrier pigeon. (Herodotus, Hist., Urania, sec. 98, nec non Adnot. ed. Schweighauser.) Couriers are noticed, in the thirteenth century, in China, by Marco Polo. Their stations were only three miles apart, and they accomplished five days' journey in one. (Viaggi di Marco Polo, lib. 2, cap. 20, ap. Ramusio, torn.... [via]
The Conquest of Peruby William H. PrescottISBN 045161495X (0-451-61495-X)
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Correspondenceby William H. PrescottISBN 0781256755 (0-7812-5675-5)
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History of the Conquest of Mexicoby William H. PrescottISBN 0486440079 (0-486-44007-9)
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Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - History of the Conquest of Mexico: ISBN 0548090114 (0-548-09011-4)
Hardcover, Kessinger Pub Co - History of the Conquest of Mexico: ISBN 0781287693 (0-7812-8769-3)
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Hardcover, Reprint Services Corp - History of the Conquest of Mexico: ISBN 0226680010 (0-226-68001-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - History of the Conquest of Mexico: ISBN 0394604717 (0-394-60471-7)
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History of the Conquest of Mexicoby James Lockhart, William H. PrescottISBN 0375758038 (0-375-75803-8)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Conquest of Mexico'Book summary:"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This pioneering study presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day.
"Regarded simply from the standpoint of literary criticism, the Conquest of Mexico is Prescott's masterpiece," judged his biographer Harry Thurston Peck. "More than that, it is one of the most brilliant examples which the English language possesses of literary art applied to historical narration. . . . Here, as nowhere else, has Prescott succeeded in delineating character. All the chief actors of his great historic drama not only live and breathe, but they are as distinctly differentiated as they must have been in life. Cortés and his lieutenants are persons whom we actually come to know in the pages of Pres-cott. . . . Over against these brilliant figures stands the melancholy form of Montezuma, around whom, even from the first, one feels gathering the darkness of his coming fate. He reminds one of some hero of Greek tragedy, doomed to destruction and intensely conscious of it, yet striving in vain against the decree of an inexorable destiny. . . . [Prescott] transmuted the acquisitions of laborious research into an enduring monument of pure literature."
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History of the Conquest of Mexico and History of the Conquest of Peruby William H. PrescottISBN 0685285669 (0-685-28566-9)
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History of the Conquest of Mexico V2by William H. Prescott , John Foster KirkISBN 0548090106 (0-548-09010-6)
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History of the Conquest of Mexico V3by William H. Prescott , John Foster KirkISBN 0548090092 (0-548-09009-2)
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholicby William H. PrescottISBN 0548027293 (0-548-02729-3)
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History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spainby William H. PrescottISBN 0766193764 (0-7661-9376-4)
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The Incasby William H. PrescottISBN 0517351145 (0-517-35114-5)
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Life of Charles Brockden Brownby William H. PrescottISBN 0781287677 (0-7812-8767-7)
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Mexico and the Life of the Conqueror Fernando Cortes V2by William H. PrescottISBN 0548030006 (0-548-03000-6)
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World of the Incasby William H. PrescottISBN 0707101239 (0-7071-0123-9)
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