CHAPTER V

VOYAGE ALONG THE COAST--DOÑA MARINA--SPANIARDS LAND IN MEXICO--INTERVIEW WITH THE AZTECS

Voyage along the Coast 359 Natives come on Board 360 Doña Marina 361 Her History 361 Her Beauty and Character 362 First Tidings of Montezuma 364 Spaniards land in Mexico 365 First Interview with the Aztecs 366 Their magnificent Presents 368 Cupidity of the Spaniards 369 Cortés displays his Cavalry 370 Aztec Paintings 370

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE LANDING OF CORTÉS AT VERA CRUZ _Frontispiece_

From a painting especially made for this edition by L. Kowalsky.

MAP OF THE COUNTRY TRAVERSED BY THE SPANIARDS ON THEIR MARCH TO MEXICO 1

FRA BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS 94

After an engraving in “Ritratos de los Espagnoles illustres, 1791.”

OUR LADY OF GUADALOUPE 172

From a photograph by Waite, of Mexico.

PORTRAIT OF CHARLES V. 276

After the painting by Titian at Munich.

PORTRAIT OF HERNANDO CORTÉS 296

From an engraving by Masson, after the painting by Ant. Moro.

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INTRODUCTION

VIEW OF THE AZTEC CIVILIZATION

[Illustration: MAP OF THE COUNTRY TRAVERSED BY THE

FOR PRESCOTT’S HISTORY]

[Illustration: SPANIARDS ON THEIR MARCH TO MEXICO.

ON THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO.]

CONQUEST OF MEXICO

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