History of Hernando Cortez: Makers of History
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1605208329 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"this book is so poorly copied with soooooo many spelling" according to Gerrie Diettrich. this book is so poorly copied with soooooo many spelling and sentence structure mistakes that it is almost unreadable. Someone should read this and correct all the mistakes. I can't read anymore of this book. The story itself is interesting . Gerrie
More than 30 other volumes in the series are also available from Cosimo Classics. To them I am indebted for about all the historical knowledge I have." Considered what we would now call "young adult" literature, this collection, first published between 1848 and 1871, was designed to present a clear, distinct, connected narrative of the lives of the great figures of world history, those people who have been most influential, at least as American pastor and historian JOHN STEVENS CABOT ABBOTT (1805-1877) saw it from his 19th-century perspective. I have read them with the greatest interest. This volume, dating from 1856, covers Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez (1485-1547), from his early life and his first journeys to Mexico to his invasions and sieges that led to the downfall of the Aztec Empire.. Wildly popular and republished many times under different collected names, this replica set mimics the 1904 reprint known as the "Makers of History" series. Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowl