Helen Nader: 1 book
The First Letter from New Spain
The Lost Petition of Cortés and His Company, June 20, 1519
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The founding of la Villa Rica de la Veracruz (the rich town of the True Cross) is prominently mentioned in histories of the conquest of Mexico, but scant primary documentation of the provocative act exists. During a research session at the Spanish archives, when John Schwaller discovered an early-sixteenth-century...
