Cortés and Montezuma

by Maurice Collis

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Landing on the Mexican coast on Good Friday, 1519, Hernán Cortés felthimself the bearer of a divine burden to conquer and convert the firstadvanced civilization Europeans had yet encountered in the West. ForMontezuma, leader of the Mexicans, April 21, 1519 (known in theirsophisticated astronomical system as 9 Wind Day) was the precise date ofa dire prophesy: the return of Quetzalcoatl, a fearsome god predictedto arrive by ship, from the East, with light skin, a black beard, robedin show more black--exactly as Cortés would. The ensuing drama is described byeminent historian Maurice Collis in a style that is equal parts storyand scholarship. Though its consequences have been treated by writers asdiverse as D.H. Lawrence and Charles Olson, never before have the factsof this event been rendered with such extraordinary clarity andelegance. show less

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Maurice Collis
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Canonical title
Cortés and Montezuma
Original title
Cortés and Montezuma
People/Characters
Hernán Cortés (Hernan Cortes); Moctezuma II
Important places
Mexico
Original language
English

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History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
972.02 — History & geography History of North America Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermuda Discovery and Spanish rule (1516-1810)
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F1230 .C835 .C58 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Latin America. Spanish America Mexico
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