Summary of Buddy Levy's Conquistador

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Cortés had staked everything he had on this expedition. He had incurred significant debt building the ships and stocking them with provisions. His hope to get off to a good start was slightly compromised when his patron, the fat hidalgo Diego Velázquez, attempted to thwart his departure.
#2 When the conquistadors arrived on the island, they found that the local Indians had fled at the arrival of the first ships. Cortés noted their fear and filed it away as useful information. He then met with the islanders and released some prisoners.
#3 Cortés had his crew assemble the horses and lead them onto the island. The islanders were shocked by the horses, and Cortés had his cavalrymen ride them along the beach. The islanders then approached the Spaniards more closely, and tugged at their beards and stroked their white skin.
#4 Cortés was interested in the fact that the islanders had Spanish-speaking neighbors. He asked the island’s chief for a few of his men to be sent to explore the Spaniards and bring back information. The islanders agreed, but they were worried that the Spanish would sacrifice their men.

Sujets

• Mexico
• Latin America

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 05 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669377702
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Buddy Levy's Conquistador
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Cortés had staked everything he had on this expedition. He had incurred significant debt building the ships and stocking them with provisions. His hope to get off to a good start was slightly compromised when his patron, the fat hidalgo Diego Velázquez, attempted to thwart his departure.

#2

When the conquistadors arrived on the island, they found that the local Indians had fled at the arrival of the first ships. Cortés noted their fear and filed it away as useful information. He then met with the islanders and released some prisoners.

#3

Cortés had his crew assemble the horses and lead them onto the island. The islanders were shocked by the horses, and Cortés had his cavalrymen ride them along the beach. The islanders then approached the Spaniards more closely, and tugged at their beards and stroked their white skin.

#4

Cortés was interested in the fact that the islanders had Spanish-speaking neighbors. He asked the island’s chief for a few of his men to be sent to explore the Spaniards and bring back information. The islanders agreed, but they were worried that the Spanish would sacrifice their men.

#5

Cortés sent his men to destroy the idols and roll them down the pyramid steps, where they shattered at the feet of the bewildered islanders. The priests then held mass, and Cortés ordered that the islanders worship the new idols.

#6

The expeditionary force readied to board the ships, but just then they spotted the outline of a canoe heading toward them from the mainland. It was a priest named Jerónimo de Aguilar, who had survived eight years among his Mayan captors and had earned his freedom.

#7

Cortés had always held out the hope that he would be rescued, and when he found Aguilar, he made him his translator and interpreter. The fleet set off for the mainland, and Cortés was elated.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

As the fleet moved towards the southernmost part of the Gulf of Mexico, it passed by the site of the Córdoba disaster. Cortés, patriotic though he was, considered landing there and paying the inhabitants a visit, but his pilot advised against it.

#2

Cortés began his conquest by attacking the Tabascan town, which was defended by a throng of war-painted Tabascans. The Tabascans responded with a rain of arrows, spears, and stones, and the first battle of Cortés’s conquest was joined.

#3

Cortés and his men went to the village square and claimed the land in King Charles’s name. They then slept in the temple square, numerous sentinels posted on the perimeter, and woke up the next morning to some ominous news: old Melchior had fled, leaving his Spanish clothes hanging in a tree as a parting gift.

#4

Cortés sent two captains, Pedro de Alvarado and Francisco de Lugo, to scout the area. They met with many Tabascan archers and were attacked. Cortés prepared for war by sending his cavalry ashore.

#5

The Battle of Cintla was the first major military engagement on mainland Mexico, and it was a rout. The Spanish infantry, led by Cortés, took the initial onslaught, and many were wounded in close hand-to-hand combat. The cavalry charged the field, and rode into the fray at great speed. They speared at will, then rode and wheeled and came again, skewering and trampling the confused Tabascans.

#6

On March 25, 1519, the conquest of the Americas began in earnest. Cortés and his men slept armed, fearing further hostilities, but the night was calm and quiet. The next morning, thirty Tabascan emissaries came into camp dressed in finery. They brought food and offerings, and asked to see the Spanish chief.

#7

Cortés accepted the gifts and distributed the women among his captains, which boosted morale for the moment. He set sail for the north, searching for and finding this place called Mexico.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

Cortés landed near Veracruz and met with the two priests who came to greet him. They were from Mexico, a place far away that the Spaniards had never heard of. The exchange was convivial, and the Indians offered featherwork, local cotton attire, and small trinkets in gold.

#2

Cortés landed on Good Friday 1519, and sent emissaries to the local ruler, Montezuma. They brought him elaborate gifts, and said that he should expect a visit from a very important governor of Montezuma.

#3

Cortés presented Tendile with chests of highly wrought featherwork and gold objects.