Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España is a first-person narrative written in 1568 by military adventurer, conquistador, and colonist settler Bernal Díaz del Castillo.
The title page of a 1632 edition
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Cuauhtémoc, also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended li
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España
…Castillo also criticizes some of Cortés’ decisions during the expedition as selfish or unjust, such as the torture and execution of Tlatoani (emperor) Cuauhtémoc. Like other professional soldiers who participated in the conquest of New Spain, Díaz del Castillo found himself among the ruins of Tenochtitlán only…
Relief of Cuauhtémoc in the lobby of the Museum of the Mexican Army in Mexico City, by Jesús F. Contreras.
Prison of Guatimocín, last emperor of Mexico, painted by Carlos Esquivel y Rivas in 1854
The capture of Cuauhtémoc, a 17th-century oil on canvas painting depicting the moment of Cuauhtémoc's capture during the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
Mosaic of what is considered to be Cuauhtemoc's last address as tlatoani in Nahuatl and Spanish