Table of Contents

Front Matter

In Spain and Hispaniola
With Velasquez in Cuba
Cortes Sets Out for Mexico
The Great Battle of Tabasco
In the Plumed Serpent's Land
An Alliance with the Totonacs
Cortes Destroys his Fleet
Encounters with the Tlascalans
A Massacre in the Holy City
In the City of Mexico
At Montezuma's Court
Montezuma a Prisoner
An Invasion by Narvaez
The Spaniards Meet with Disaster
The Midnight Retreat from Mexico
Siege of the Aztec Capital
Montezuma's City Destroyed
The Colonization of Mexico
The Perilous Expedition
Last Voyages and Last Days