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Author Jacobs, William Jay.

Title Cortes, Conqueror of Mexico / by William Jay Jacobs.

Publication Info. New York : F. Watts, [1994]
©1994

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 972 CORTES    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  JB CORTES    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J B CORTES    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  JB CORTES    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  JB CORTES    Check Shelf
Description 63 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm.
Series A first book
First book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-60) and index.
Contents A dream of fame and fortune -- In search of gold -- In the halls of Montezuma -- Two cultures side by side -- La noche triste : "the sad night" -- The conquest of Mexico -- The conqueror's reward.
Summary Examines the conquest of Mexico by Cortes, discussing such issues as what drove Cortes to the heights of courage and depths of brutality for which he is remembered, and how he managed to gain the remarkable victory that changed the course of history.
Subject Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 -- Juvenile literature.
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.
Conquerors -- Mexico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers.
Governors -- Mexico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Juvenile literature.
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
Added Title Conqueror of Mexico.
ISBN 0531201384
9780531201381
0531157237 paperback $5.95 ($7.95 Can.)
9780531157237 paperback
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