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100 1 _aRestall, Matthew.
_d1964-
245 1 0 _aWhen Montezuma met Cortés :
_bthe true story of the meeting that changed history /
_cMatthew Restall.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
_c2019.
300 _a526 p.:
_bill. (chiefly color), maps, genealogical table ,
_c24 cm.
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338 _2.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [373]-508) and index.
505 0 _aContents: Prologue: Invention -- Mysterious kindness -- No small amazement -- Social grace and monstrous ritual -- The empire in his hands -- The greatest enterprises -- Principal plunderers -- The epic boxer -- Without mercy or purpose -- Epilogue: Halls of the Montezumas -- Appendix: Language and label, cast and dynasty.
520 _aA dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortes that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas on November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
546 _aEnglish.
600 0 0 _aMontezuma
_bII,
_cEmperor of Mexico,
_dapproximately 1480-1520.
600 1 0 _aCortés, Hernán,
_d1485-1547.
650 0 _aImperialism
_xHistory.
651 0 _aMexico
_xHistory
_yConquest, 1519-1540.
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