By Right of Conquest: Or with Cortez in Mexico (Works of G. A. Henty)
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1887159118
ISBN 13
9781887159111
Category
Juvenile Fiction
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
375
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The conquest of Mexico by a small band of resolute men under the magnificent leadership of Cortez is always rightly ranked amongst the most romantic and daring exploits in history. With this as the ground-work of his story Mr. Henty has interwoven the adventures of an English youth, Roger Hawkshaw, the sole survivor of the good ship Swan, which had sailed from a Devon port to challenge the mercantile supremacy of the Spaniards in the New World. He is beset by many perils amongst the natives, but is saved by his own judgment and strength, and by the devotion of an Aztec princess. At last by a ruse he obtains the protection of the Spaniards, and after the fall of Mexico he succeeds in regaining his native shore, with a fortune and a charming Aztec bride.--- 10 illustrations, 2 maps - from Amzon
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