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Bernal Díaz del Castillo. 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. As an experienced soldier of fortune, he had already participated in expeditions to Tierra ...
Bernal Díaz del Castillo ( Medina del Campo, 1496- Santiago de Guatemala, 3 de febrero de 1584) fue un conquistador español que participó en la conquista de México y fue más tarde regidor de Santiago de Guatemala. Se le atribuye la autoría de la Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España, la cual comenzó a redactar como un ...
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 accompanied Hernán Cortés to Mexico. In protest against the academic chronicles of sedentary historians, he ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · The Spanish soldier Bernal Díaz del Castillo (ca. 1496-ca. 1584) was a member of the expedition that conquered the Aztec empire. His "A True History of the Conquest of New Spain " is the most complete contemporary chronicle of that event. Bernal Díaz del Castillo was born in Medina del Campo of a respectable although not distinguished family.
Aug 26, 2022 · Definition. 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).
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. As an experienced soldier of fortune, he had already participated in expeditions to Tierra Firme, Cuba, and to Yucatán ...
