Discovery of Mexico | |
Spain under Charles V | |
Progress of Discovery | |
Colonial Policy | |
Conquest of Cuba | |
Expeditions to Yucatan | |
Hernando Cortes | |
His Early Life | |
Visits the New World | |
His Residence in Cuba | |
Difficulties with Velasquez | |
Armada Intrusted to Cortes | |
Jealousy of Velasquez | |
Cortes Embarks | |
Equipment of His Fleet | |
His Person and Character | |
Rendezvous at Havana | |
Strength of His Armament | |
Voyage to Cozumel | |
Conversion of the Natives | |
Jeronimo de Aguilar | |
Army Arrives at Tabasco | |
Great Battle with the Indians | |
Christianity Introduced | |
Voyage along the Coast | |
Dona Marina | |
Spaniards Land in Mexico | |
Interview with the Aztecs | |
Account of Montezuma | |
State of His Empire | |
Strange Prognostics | |
Embassy and Presents | |
Spanish Encampment | |
Troubles in the Camp | |
Plan of a Colony | |
Management of Cortes | |
March to Cempoalla | |
Proceedings with the Natives | |
Foundation of Vera Cruz | |
Another Aztec Embassy | |
Destruction of the Idols | |
Despatches Sent to Spain | |
Conspiracy in the Camp | |
The Fleet Sunk | |
March to Mexico | |
Proceedings at Cempoalla | |
The Spaniards Climb the Tableland | |
Picturesque Scenery | |
Transactions with the Natives | |
Embassy to Tlascala | |
Republic of Tlascala | |
Its Institutions | |
Early History | |
Discussions in the Senate | |
Desperate Battles | |
Decisive Victory | |
Indian Council | |
Night Attack | |
Negotiations with the Enemy | |
Tlascalan Hero | |
Discontents in the Army | |
Tlascalan Spies | |
Peace with the Republic | |
Embassy from Montezuma | |
Spaniards Enter Tlascala | |
Description of the Capital | |
Attempted Conversion | |
Aztec Embassy | |
Invited to Cholula | |
City of Cholula | |
Great Temple | |
March to Cholula | |
Reception of the Spaniards | |
Conspiracy Detected | |
Terrible Massacre | |
Tranquillity Restored | |
Reflections on the Massacre | |
Further Proceedings | |
Envoys from Montezuma | |
March Resumed | |
Ascent of the Great Volcano | |
Valley of Mexico | |
Impression on the Spaniards | |
Conduct of Montezuma | |
They Descend into the Valley | |
Environs of Mexico | |
Interview with Montezuma | |
Entrance into the Capital | |
Hospitable Reception | |
Visit to the Emperor | |
Residence in Mexico | |
Tezcucan Lake | |
Description of the Capital | |
Palaces and Museums | |
Royal Household | |
Montezuma's Way of Life | |
Market of Mexico | |
Great Temple | |
Interior Sanctuaries | |
Spanish Quarters | |
Anxiety of Cortes | |
Seizure of Montezuma | |
His Treatment by the Spaniards | |
Execution of His Officers | |
Montezuma in Irons | |
Reflections | |
Montezuma's Deportment | |
His Life in the Spanish Quarters | |
Meditated Insurrection | |
Lord of Tezcuco Seized | |
Further Measures of Cortes | |
Montezuma Swears Allegiance to Spain | |
Royal Treasures | |
Their Division | |
Christian Worship in the Teocalli | |
Discontent of the Aztecs | |
Fate of Cortes' Emissaries | |
Proceedings in the Castilian Court | |
Preparations of Velasquez | |
Narvaez Lands in Mexico | |
Politic Conduct of Cortes | |
He Leaves the Capital | |
Cortes Descends from the Tableland | |
Negotiates with Narvaez | |
Prepares to Assault Him | |
Quarters of Narvaez | |
Attack by Night | |
Narvaez Defeated | |
Discontent of the Troops | |
Insurrection in the Capital | |
Return of Cortes | |
General Signs of Hostility | |
Massacre by Alvarado | |
Rising of the Aztecs | |
Expulsion from Mexico | |
Desperate Assault on the Quarters | |
Fury of the Mexicans | |
Sally of the Spaniards | |
Montezuma Addresses the People | |
Dangerously Wounded | |
Storming of the Great Temple | |
Spirit of the Aztecs | |
Distresses of the Garrison | |
Sharp Combats in the City | |
Death of Montezuma | |
Council of War | |
Spaniards Evacuate the City | |
Noche Triste, or "The Melancholy Night" | |
Terrible Slaughter | |
Halt for the Night | |
Amount of Losses | |
Retreat of the Spaniards | |
Distresses of the Army | |
Pyramids of Teotihuacan | |
Great Battle of Otumba | |
Arrival in Tlascala | |
Friendly Reception | |
Discontents of the Army | |
Jealousy of the Tlascalans | |
Embassy from Mexico | |
War with the Surrounding Tribes | |
Successes of the Spaniards | |
Death of Maxixca | |
Arrival of Reinforcements | |
Return in Triumph to Tlascala | |
Guatemozin, Emperor of the Aztecs | |
Preparations for the March | |
Military Code | |
Spaniards Cross the Sierra | |
Enter Tezcuco | |
Prince Ixtlilxochitl | |
Siege and Surrender of Mexico | |
Arrangements at Tezcuco | |
Sack of Iztapalapan | |
Advantages of the Spaniards | |
Wise Policy of Cortes | |
Transportation of the Brigantines | |
Cortes Reconnoitres the Capital | |
Occupies Tacuba | |
Skirmishes with the Enemy | |
Expedition of Sandoval | |
Arrival of Reinforcements | |
Second Reconnoitring Expedition | |
Engagements on the Sierra | |
Capture of Cuernavaca | |
Battles at Xochimilco | |
Narrow Escape of Cortes | |
He Enters Tacuba | |
Conspiracy in the Army | |
Brigantines Laumched | |
Muster of Forces | |
Execution of Xicotencatl | |
March of the Army | |
Beginning of the Siege | |
Indian Flotilla Defeated | |
Occupation of the Causeways | |
Desperate Assaults | |
Firing of the Palaces | |
Spirit of the Besieged | |
Barracks for the Troops | |
General Assault on the City | |
Defeat of the Spaniards | |
Their Disastrous Condition | |
Sacrifice of the Captives | |
Defection of the Allies | |
Constancy of the Troops | |
Success of the Spaniards | |
Fruitless Offers to Guatemozin | |
Buildings Razed to the Ground | |
Terrible Famine | |
The Troops Gain the Market-Place | |
Battering Engine | |
Dreadful Sufferings of the Besieged | |
Spirit of Guatemozin | |
Murderous Assaults | |
Capture of Guatemozin | |
Evacuation of the City | |
Termination of the Siege | |
Reflections | |
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