Hernan Cortes Letters From Mexico Summary

These letters written by Hernan Cortes who was a Spaniard conquistador who first conquest of Cuba and thereafter turn his head to the Mexico to conquest as well. In 1519 he sorted out attack of Mexico. Thereafter, he arrived in Mexico on April 22, 1519. By 1521, he had taken all the control of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan ( Mexico City ).After his conquest of Mexico , Spanish chroniclers offered him to write what he saw in Mexico, thereafter he had to write these letters to show what he see in Mexico. His letters was first published in 1522. His reason to conquest of Mexico was not different from other conquistadors. He wanted to benefit from the new world’s abundances such as gold and silver reserves and use people to his benefit. In these letter from Mexico he describes the city “Temixtitan “(Tenochtitlan) in every aspect and compares the city with Spain .From markets systems, religion and Montezuma the king. This city is set up on water and it is as big as Spain. Also, it is very developed and regular city. Their streets are very big and very straight. Thus it is not an uncivilized nation as they told to be. Therefore, he and his soldiers are all amazed by the city’s architecture. In his letters, Cortes did not merely describe the city; he also analyzed the leader of a city whose name …show more content…
Thus, he wanted to represent Mutezuma in his letters Mexico. In my opinion, it is because it was a new world which Cortes and his people thought a savage and uncivilized nation .Therefore; they did not expect that they would face a strong ruler as Mutezuma. Moreover, his serving and his control over his people is very powerful and extraordinary. It is because he is a barbarian ruler but he managed everything in an order and the people of this city were happy to their order. Thus, it was so surprising to Cortes he never saw a ruler like him in Europe. That’s why he mentioned him in his letters to