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European Expansion
Title: European Expansion
Category: History
Details: Words: 417 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
European Expansion
Matthew Polley
West and the World
Professor Morgan
October 5,1999
European Expansion
Bernal Diaz del Castillo accompanied Captain Hernan Cortez in his march on Tenichitilan (Mexico City) in 1519, resulting in the surrender of this Aztec capital in 1521. Castillo contends that he will give us the honest account of what happened and not to give a bias opinion of what happened. We read three different sections from his book. The first is his trip to the Caribbean, …showed first 75 words of 417 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 417 total…and he never gave a bad opinion or comment toward Cortes.
I thought that Castillo gave a good account. In comparison to the letter written by Columbus, Castillo’s story seemed to have less, or at least less obvious, hidden agendas. Castillo letter was not trying to persuade anyone to give him more money or supplies but he was trying to write a story from past years and tell the truth the best he could.
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