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Bernal Díaz del Castillo (c. 1492 – 3 February 1584) was a Spanish conquistador who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events.
- Spanish
- 3 February 1584 (aged c. 92), Antigua, Guatemala
- c. 1492, Medina del Campo
- Conquistador
Aug 26, 2022 · The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 to c. 1580) is an account written in 1568 of the early Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica, specifically the conquest of the Aztec civilization in Mexico from 1519 to 1521 when Díaz was a member of the conquistador expedition led by Hernán Cortés (1485-1547).
- Mark Cartwright
- When was 'The Conquest of New Spain' written?'The Conquest of New Spain' was written in 1568.
- Why did Bernal Díaz write 'The Conquest of New Spain'?Bernal Díaz wrote 'The Conquest of New Spain' to correct errors he felt other chronicles had made and to show his own role and that of other conqui...
- Why is Bernal Díaz del Castillo important?Bernal Díaz del Castillo is important because he wrote a firsthand and accessible account of the conquest of Mexico in the 1520s.
P B S : C o n q u i s t a d o r s - C o r t é s. Bernal Diaz del Castillo, one of Cortés' men, describes Tenochtitlán: When we saw all those cities and villages built on water; and the other ...
ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE LA LENGUA. MÉXICO F1230. D53 2014 Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, 1496-1584. Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España / Bernal Díaz del Castillo; edición, presentación, estudio y notas de Guillermo Serés; ensayo introductorio de Miguel León-Portilla. — México: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2014. 832 p. [v.
Notable Works: “The True History of the Conquest of Mexico”. Subjects Of Study: Spain. Western colonialism. Bernal Díaz del Castillo (born c. 1495, Medina del Campo, Castile [Spain]—died 1584, Guatemala City, Guatemala) was a Spanish soldier and author, who took part in the conquest of Mexico. In 1514 he visited Cuba and five years later ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bernal Díaz del Castillo was born in 1492, the year Columbus sailed across the Atlantic. He joined Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico and was with him as he marched on Tenochtitlan. At the age of seventy, he began to write his True History of the Conquest of New Spain .
Bernal Díaz del Castillo reported that they were wide enough for ten horses. Surrounding the raised causeways were artificial floating gardens with canal waterways and gardens of plants, shrubs, and trees.
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