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I.THE DISCOVERY OF MEXICO[13]
II.EARLY LIFE OF CORTEZ[28]
III.THE VOYAGE TO MEXICO[57]
IV.FOUNDING A COLONY[84]
V.THE TLASCALANS SUBJUGATED[117]
VI.THE MARCH TO MEXICO[150]
VII.THE METROPOLIS INVADED[184]
VIII.BATTLE OF THE DISMAL NIGHT[214]
IX.THE CAPITAL BESIEGED AND CAPTURED[246]
X.THE CONQUEST CONSUMMATED[281]
XI.THE EXPEDITION TO HONDURAS[305]
XII.THE LAST DAYS OF CORTEZ[330]

ENGRAVINGS.

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AMERICA DISCOVERED[16]
CORTEZ TAKING LEAVE OF THE GOVERNOR[47]
CUBA[52]
THE FIRST MASS IN THE TEMPLES OF YUCATAN[61]
FIRST CAVALRY CHARGE HEADED BY CORTEZ[73]
INTERVIEW BETWEEN CORTEZ AND THE EMBASSADORS
OF MONTEZUMA		[94]
ROUTE OF CORTEZ[105]
DESTROYING THE IDOLS AT ZEMPOALLA[120]
MASSACRE IN CHOLULA[161]
FIRST VIEW OF THE MEXICAN CAPITAL[168]
THE MEETING OF CORTEZ AND MONTEZUMA[177]
THE CITY OF MEXICO[190]
THE FALL OF MONTEZUMA[222]
THE BATTLE UPON THE CAUSEWAY[232]
THE CAPTURE OF GUATEMOZIN[260]

HERNANDO CORTEZ.

Chapter I.

The Discovery of Mexico.

The shore of America in 1492.