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"After invading highland Guatemala in 1524, Spaniards claimed to have smashed the Kaqchikel and K'iche' Maya kingdoms and to have forged a new colony with their leader, Pedro de Alvarado, as Guatemala's conquistador, This volume shows that the real story of the Spanish invasion was very different. Designed to be both an accessible introduction to the topic as well as a significant contribution to conquest scholarship, the volume presents for the first time English translations of firsthand accounts by Spaniards, Nahuas, and Mayas." "Alvarado's letters to Cortes, published herein English for…
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1 edition- Paperback · English · 2008Pennsylvania State University Press · 128 pages · 9780271027586
Indians of central americaGuatemala, historySourcesHistoryWars