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02954cam a2200385 a 4500 001 8EF67EE875F811DFB9178BB08BBC9EB7 003 SILO 005 20100612030009 008 090904r20092008nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009293737 020 $a 0553384716 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780553384710 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)435967637 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d JID $d SILO 043 $a n-mx--- 050 00 $a F1230 $b .L45 2009 082 00 $a 972/.02 $2 22 100 1 $a Levy, Buddy, $d 1960- 245 1 $a Conquistador : $b HernaÌn CorteÌs, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs / $c Buddy Levy. 250 $a Bantam Books trade pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, $c 2009. 300 $a x, 429 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-411) and index. 520 $a In 1519, HernaÌn CorteÌs arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. In TenochtitlaÌn, the City of Dreams, CorteÌs met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of a complex and sophisticated civilization with fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, CorteÌs defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered thousands-to-one, CorteÌs repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Journalist Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled CorteÌs and his men to survive.--From publisher description. 505 0 $a Setting out for New Spain and the serendipitous gift of language -- The battle with the Tabascans and the acquisition of La Malinche -- Montezuma's message -- The gambler stakes all : "either win the land, or die in the attempt" -- Into the mountains -- The massacre of Cholula -- The city of dreams -- City of sacrifice -- Seizure of empire -- CorteÌs and Montezuma -- Spaniard versus Spaniard -- The Festival of Toxcatl -- Montezuma's ironic fate -- La noche triste -- "Fortune favors the bold" -- "The great rash" -- Return to the Valley of Mexico -- The wooden serpent -- Encirclement -- The siege begins -- Clash of empires -- The last stand of the Aztecs. 651 0 $a Mexico $x History $y Conquest, 1519-1540. 600 10 $a CorteÌs, HernaÌn, $d 1485-1547. 941 $a 5 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204055739.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110041453.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20150828010656.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20150404014040.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20100612031555.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8EF67EE875F811DFB9178BB08BBC9EB7 994 $a 02 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search