Cartas de Relación

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Cartas de Relación is a series of letters by Hernán Cortés that chronicle his conquest of the Aztec Empire and provide a key firsthand account of early Spanish colonization in the Americas.

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instanceOf epistolary work ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cartas de relación de la conquista de México ⓘ
author Hernán Cortés ⓘ
bias self-justifying portrayal of Cortés ⓘ
contains accounts of battles and alliances ⓘ
descriptions of Aztec society ⓘ
descriptions of Mesoamerican cities ⓘ
descriptions of indigenous religions ⓘ
reports on geography of New Spain ⓘ
reports on natural resources ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
describesEvent Spanish landing on the Mexican coast ⓘ
fall of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
founding of Veracruz ⓘ
march to Tenochtitlan ⓘ
meeting between Cortés and Moctezuma II ⓘ
siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
genre conquest narrative ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
historicalSignificance important document of Spanish imperial expansion ⓘ
key firsthand account of the conquest of Mexico ⓘ
major source for early colonial Mexican history ⓘ
intendedAudience Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
language Spanish ⓘ
mainSubject Moctezuma II ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
Tenochtitlan ⓘ
conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica ⓘ
numberOfLetters 5 ⓘ
perspective Spanish conquistador viewpoint ⓘ
placeDescribed Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Tenochtitlan ⓘ
Tlaxcala ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
purpose justify Cortés’s actions in New Spain ⓘ
report on newly conquered territories ⓘ
request royal favor and support ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1519–1526 ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy ethnohistorians of Mesoamerica ⓘ
historians of colonial Latin America ⓘ
writtenFor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ

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