OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATION, AND THE LIFE OF THE CONQUEROR, HERNANDO CORTEZ. BY WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT, AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA," "HISTORY OF THE "Victrices aquilas alium laturus in orbem." LUCAN, Pharsalia, lib. v., v. 238. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. TWENTY-SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 329 & 331 PEARL STREET, (FRANKLIN SQUARE.) 1853. |