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  • Collection: In the Shadow of Cortes

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Modern English edition (1942) of Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (True History of the Conquest of New Spain) by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, first published 1632.

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Nineteenth-century edition (1844) of Historia antigua de México (Ancient History of Mexico) by Francisco Javier Clavijero, first published 1780-1781.

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French edition (1620) of Brevissima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies) by Bartolomé de las Casas, first published 1552.

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Excerpt from Historia general de las Indias y conquista de México (General History of the Indies and Conquest of Mexico) by Francisco López de Gómara, first published 1552. In La cosmographia by Peter Apian, 1575.

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Modern edition (1960) of “Ordenanzas de buen gobierno” (“Ordinances of Good Governance”) issued by Hernán Cortés on March 20, 1524.

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Advertencias para los confessores de los naturales (Warnings for Confessors of the Indians) by Juan Bautista, 1600-1601.

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Vocabulario en lengua Castellana y Mexicana (Vocabulary in Castilian and Mexican Language) by Fray Alonso de Molina, 1571.

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Book Six, laws pertaining to indigenous peoples. In Recopilación de leyes de los reynos de las Indias (Compilation of the Laws of the Kingdoms of the Indies), 1681.

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Facsimile (1992) of the Codex Mendoza. Original document at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University.
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