Project Gutenberg 2015-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 143 Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister) 1798 1866 Philip, Uncle Hawks, Francis Lister 76367773 The adventures of Hernan Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Adventures of Hernan Cortes, the Conqueror of Mexico" by Francis L. Hawks is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work narrates the life and exploits of Hernan Cortes, focusing on his conquests and encounters during the Spanish colonization of Mexico. The book aims to provide a detailed depiction of Cortes's adventures as he faced numerous challenges in a foreign land, ultimately leading to the fall of the Aztec Empire. The opening of the book introduces Hernan Cortes, beginning with his early life in the small town of Medellin, Spain, where he was born into a noble but impoverished family. As a restless youth, he struggled with his studies and displayed a keen interest in military exploits that would shape his future. The narrative highlights Cortes's early disappointments and setbacks regarding his ambitions to join military campaigns, including failed attempts to join the conquests in Italy and to accompany his kinsman to Hispaniola. After several fortuitous events, he finally embarks to the New World in search of fame and fortune, setting the stage for the adventures and conquests that would follow, including his growing aspirations to lead an expedition that would ultimately lead him to Mexico. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 -- Juvenile literature Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Juvenile literature F1201 Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: History - Other 307518 2025-07-20T05:01:40.725707 text/html 285659 2024-10-24T17:54:45 text/html 1218124 2025-07-20T05:01:48.326639 application/epub+zip 1214864 2025-07-20T05:01:42.982661 application/epub+zip 181010 2025-07-20T05:01:41.150683 application/epub+zip 1879485 2025-07-20T05:01:51.676624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1844936 2025-07-20T05:01:46.225659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253599 2022-09-22T14:01:01.019738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274076 2025-07-20T05:01:40.181740 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 254100 2024-10-24T17:54:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17851 2025-07-20T05:01:51.826636 application/rdf+xml 28597 2025-07-20T05:01:41.223695 image/jpeg 4063 2025-07-20T05:01:41.186688 image/jpeg 1130560 2025-07-20T05:01:40.790740 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia