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An 8 page research paper/essay that describes, summarizes and analyzes a sixteenth century eyewitness account of the conquest of the New World by the Spanish, The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo (1492-1581). The writer suggests what can be summarized about the book’s historical authenticity and what it tells modern readers about this era. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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At the age of 84, living on his estates in Guatemala, in failing health, Diaz composed his text The Conquest of New Spain (Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la
Nueva Espana). When the secretary and chaplain to Cortes published his account of the conquest of the New World, Diaz felt that this account gave "undue credit to Cortes," Diaz
wrote his own eyewitness account of the conquistador history in order to "vindicate the valor of himself and others who had been completely overshadowed by the exaggerated reputation of
Cortes" (Fuentas). Diaz "loved Cortes as perhaps few soldiers in the world have loved their generals," but nevertheless "to hear all the conquest put down to his right arm" was
unacceptable to Diaz (Graham x). Diazs work was neglected and unpublished for many years, but in 1632, Father Alonso Remon found the manuscript in a private library and had it
published (Fuentas). While Diazs writing is "crude and devoid of style" and also shows the "ignorance and vanity of the author," it still indicates an eyewitness account by someone who
took part in the events described in the book (Fuentas). In the preface that R.B.C. Graham wrote for the 1915 edition of Diazs text, he writes that "Arrogance, cruelty
and pride of race, a lust of gold and a blind faith in their religion, together with an absolute contempt for that of other men were the chief faults of
the Spanish conquerors" (Graham xi). However, then Graham immediately begins to excuse the conduct of the Spanish conquistadors due to the fact that they imagined themselves to be emissaries of
God, just as the business leaders of 1915 thought of themselves as "instruments of progress" (Graham xi). In other words, it is interesting that Graham finds the actions of the
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