Primary Texts

Here are links to some (but not all) of the primary sources used in class. This is for your convenience and reference.

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COLONIAL ERA

Please view the Primary Document List–here.

PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA AND EARLY CONTACT WITH EUROPE

Requerimiento–here

Letter from Cortes to the Spanish King–here

Bernal Diaz (full volume)–here

Native Accounts of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico–here