Hernan Cortes: Conqueror of Mexico
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Description
Author: de Madariaga, Salvador (1886-1978)
Publisher: Regnery
Pub Date: 1955 (Second edition)
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Book: Fair to Good. Binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Previous owner’s name, date and markings on ffep. Light corner and edge wear. Smudging to bottom text block. Dust Jacket: Fair. NOT price clipped. One chip to top edge at spine, approx. 1/8″ x 1/2″. One approx. 1/2″ tear right next to that chip (not connected). Several chips to spine foot. Edge and corner wear.
Notes: Madariaga was a novelist, poet, historian, essayist, and diplomat. He was nominated for both the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize (though in different years, and never won). And, according to Madariaga, Cortes didn’t “burn” his ships, but had them bored and grounded.
