History of the Conquest of Mexico - W.H. Prescott torrent

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, History
Language: English
Keywords: Aztec Cortes History Mexican Naxos Audiobooks

Written by W.H. Prescott
Read by Kerry Shale
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

In 1519, Hernando Cortés arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire. What he encountered was beyond his wildest dreams; an advanced civilization with complex artistic, political, and religious systems (involving extensive human sacrifice) and replete with gold. This was the Aztec empire, headed by the aloof emperor, Montezuma.

With just a handful of men, Cortés achieved the impossible, crushing the Aztecs and their allies, and effectively annexing the whole territory for Spain.

One of the most extraordinary stories of conquest in mankind’s history, it is told here in the classic account by the American historian W.H. Prescott.