History of The Conquest of Mexico (1843) &ampamp;amp; History of The Conquest of Peru (1847) by William Hickling Prescott.pdf

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1、11843THEHISTORYOFTHECONQUESTOFMEXICOWilliamHicklingPrescottPrescott,WilliamHickling(1796-1859)-AnAmericanhistorian.BlindedinoneeyebyahardcrustofbreadthrownbyaHarvardclassmate,hewouldlaterlosesightinhisothereye,andgoon,withtheaidofanoctograph,todevotehislifetothescholarlystudyofSpanishhistory.

2、HistoryoftheConquestofMexico(1843)-Prescott’sbest-knownworkisadramaticnarrativedescriptionofhowthewarwithMexicoaroseoverboundarydisputeswhenTexaswasannexedbytheUnitedStates.2TableOfContentsBOOKIINTRODUCTION............7ViewoftheAztecCivilisationChapterI...............8ANCIENTMEXICO-ITSCLIMATE

3、ANDITSPRODUCTSChapterII...............15SUCCESSIONTOTHECROWN-AZTECNOBILITY-JUDICIALSYSTEM-LAWSANDREVENUES-MILITARYINSTITUTIONSChapterIII...............25MEXICANMYTHOLOGY-THESACERDOTALORDER-THETEMPLESChapterIV...............36AZTECHIEROGLYPHICS-MANUSCRIPTS-ARITHMETICChapterV............48AGRIC

4、ULTURE-THEMECHANICALARTS-MERCHANTSChapterVI...............56THETEZCUCANS-THEIRGOLDENAGE-ACCOMPLISHEDPRINCESBOOKII..........68DiscoveryofMexicoChapterI[1516-1518]..........69SPAINUNDERCHARLESV-PROGRESSOFDISCOVERYCOLONIALPOLICYChapterII[1518]............77HERNANDOCORTES-HISEARLYLIFE-VISITSTHENE

5、WWORLDChapterIII[1518-1519].........85JEALOUSYOFVELASQUEZ-CORTESEMBARKS-EQUIPMENTOFHISFLEETChapterIV[1519]...........91VOYAGETOCOZUMEL-CONVERSIONOFTHENATIVES-JERONIMODEAGUILAR-ARMYARRIVESATTABASCOChapterV[1519]............103VOYAGEALONGTHECOAST-DONAMARINAChapterVI[1519]...........108ACCOUNTOF

6、MONTEZUMA-STATEOFHISEMPIRESTRANGEPROGNOSTICSChapterVII[1519]...........1173TROUBLESINTHECAMP-PLANFORACOLONY-MANAGEMENTOFCORTES-MARCHTOCEMPOALLA-PROCEEDINGSWITHTHENATIVESChapterVIII[1519]...........128ANOTHERAZTECEMBASSY-DESTRUCTIONOFIDOLSBOOKIII.................138MarchtoMexicoChapterI[1519].

7、...........139PROCEEDINGSATCEMPOALLA-THESPANIARDSCLIMBTHETABLELANDChapterII[1519]............147REPUBLICOFTLASCALA-ITSINSTITUTIONS-ITSEARLYHISTORYChapterIII[1519]............157DECISIVEVICTORY-INDIANCOUNCIL-NIGHTATTACKChapterIV[1519].........