Roger’s paper on Bernal Diaz del Castillo

This paper was written by me for a Spanish course at Columbia University taught by Professor Ricardo Florit.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (d. 1584) was a Spanish conquistador, who participated as a foot soldier in the conquest of Mexico with Hernán Cortés. He wrote his famous and justly praised memoirs, which have been translated into English: The True History of the Conquest of New Spain.

— posted by Roger W. Smith