The Essential Diaz: Selections from The Conquest of New Spain

Ideally suited for use in swift-moving surveys of World, Atlantic, and Latin American history, this abridgment of Ted Humphrey and Janet Burke’s 2012 translation of the True History provides key excerpts from Diaz’s text and concise summaries of omitted passages. A new introduction outlines the social, economic, and political forces that motivated the European discovery of the New World, briefly traces the history of the Conquest, and discusses Diaz’s unique perspective on the events recounted in the True History.