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The first detailed treatment in English of the use of ships in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • I. Spanish Wake
    • The Leader
    • The Men
    • The Fleet
    • The End of the Beginning
  • II. Seat of Power
    • The Causeways
    • The City
    • The Lakes
    • The Hinterland
  • III. Trial by Water: Failure
    • The First Ships: 4 Brigantines and 1 Caravel
    • The Sad Night
  • IV. The Beginning of the End
    • Summer, 1520
    • Autumn, 1520
    • Winter, 1520–1521
    • Spring, 1521
  • V. The Key of the Whole War
    • The Brigantines—a Conjectural Reconstruction
    • The Skippers
    • Representative Crewmen
    • The Naval Arm—a Comparative Analysis
  • VI. Trial by Water: Success
    • Early Chronology
    • Patterns of Action
    • Illustrative Episodes
  • VII. Conclusions
    • Tenochtitlán and General Naval History
    • Cortés—Strategist and Tactician
    • The Brigantines and the Conquest
    • Of Fighting Ships and Fighting Men
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: MU - University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 6/1/1956 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780292740969, 978-0292740969
      ISBN10: 0292740964

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first detailed treatment in English of the use of ships in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword
      • Abbreviations
      • I. Spanish Wake
        • The Leader
        • The Men
        • The Fleet
        • The End of the Beginning
      • II. Seat of Power
        • The Causeways
        • The City
        • The Lakes
        • The Hinterland
      • III. Trial by Water: Failure
        • The First Ships: 4 Brigantines and 1 Caravel
        • The Sad Night
      • IV. The Beginning of the End
        • Summer, 1520
        • Autumn, 1520
        • Winter, 1520–1521
        • Spring, 1521
      • V. The Key of the Whole War
        • The Brigantines—a Conjectural Reconstruction
        • The Skippers
        • Representative Crewmen
        • The Naval Arm—a Comparative Analysis
      • VI. Trial by Water: Success
        • Early Chronology
        • Patterns of Action
        • Illustrative Episodes
      • VII. Conclusions
        • Tenochtitlán and General Naval History
        • Cortés—Strategist and Tactician
        • The Brigantines and the Conquest
        • Of Fighting Ships and Fighting Men
      • Glossary
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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