The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo (Vol. 1&2)

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1496-1584) was a Spanish conquistador, who participated as a soldier in the conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events. As an experienced soldier of fortune, he participated in expeditions to Tierra Firme, Cuba, and to Yucatán before joining Cortés. In his later years he was an encomendero and governor in Guatemala where he ...