| Hernan Cortes Contributor(s): Wagner, Heather Lehr (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604134240 ISBN-13: 9781604134247 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: On February 10, 1519, Hernan Cortes set sail for the Yucatan, seeking gold and a new world to conquer. Within nine months, he had reached the capital of the Aztec kingdom and taken its ruler, Montezuma, prisoner. The arrival of Cortes, though, marked a clash of civilizations that would forever alter the region and its people. The Aztecs possessed a populous kingdom filled with riches, art, and architecture, but the explorer's arrival destroyed that kingdom and its population through fighting and disease. Hernan Cortes is the story of an ambitious man who was heralded as a heroic conqueror, a ruthless explorer who presented his king with a territory nine times larger than Spain itself, and a skilled military commander whose actions forever altered the land that we know today as Mexico. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery - Juvenile Nonfiction | Reference - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009014165 |
| Series: Great Explorers (Chelsea House) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (0.85 lbs) 119 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Tells the story of an ambitious man who was heralded as a heroic conqueror, a ruthless explorer who presented his king with a territory nine times larger than Spain itself, and a skilled military commander whose actions forever altered the land that we know today as Mexico." |