Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España

have never been written at all, on the basis of the author’s sex. Her experience with same-sex relationships, her feminist ideals, and her will for learning contribute to Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s defiant nature, which shines through her writings. To start, the experience and support that Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz had with…

Bernal Díaz's, “Verdadera Historia de la Conquista de Nueva España” (in english: True History of the Conquest of New Spain).[50] Many of the details written by Díaz differ than the accounts given from other 16th century chroniclers, such as Cervantes, Gómara, and Martyr. All of whom differ in their accounts of the number aboard the ship, how many survivors had reached the shore, and the ultimate fate…