Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introductory Note by the Editor
Editor’s Preface
Preface
Part I. Introduction—View of the Aztec Civilization
Chapter I. Ancient Mexico—Climate and Products—Primitive Races—Aztec Empire
Chapter II. Succession to the Crown—Aztec Nobility—Judicial System—Laws and Revenues—Military Institutions
Chapter III. Mexican Mythology—The Sacerdotal Order—The Temples—Human Sacrifices
Chapter IV. Mexican Hieroglyphics—Manuscripts—Arithmetic—Chronology—Astronomy
Chapter V. Aztec Agriculture—Mechanical Arts—Merchants—Domestic Manners
Chapter VI. Tezcucans—Their Golden Age—Accomplished Princes—Decline of their Monarchy
ORIGIN OF THE MEXICAN CIVILIZATION—ANALOGIES WITH THE OLD WORLD
Preliminary Notice
Part II Discovery of Mexico
Chapter I. Spain under Charles V.—Progress of Discovery—Colonial Policy—Conquest of Cuba—Expeditions to Yucatan
Chapter II. Hernando Cortés—His Early Life—Visits the New World—His Residence in Cuba—Difficulties with Velasquez—Armada intrusted to Cortés
Chapter III. Jealousy of Velasquez—Cortés Embarks—Equipment of his Fleet—His Person and Character—Rendezvous at Havana—Strength of his Armament
Chapter IV. Voyage to Cozumel—Conversion of the Natives—Jeronimo de Aguilar—Army arrives at Tabasco—Great Battle with the Indians—Christianity introduced
Chapter V. Voyage along the Coast—Doña Marina—Spaniards land in Mexico—Interview with the Aztecs
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