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'Bernal Diaz' says the march to Jalapa was accomplished in one day; -- a proof that he never saw the country ....
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Some historians say Mexcaltitán's circular shape and cruciform design are similar to that of Tenochtitlan, which Spanish conquistador Bernal Diaz described as "an enchanted vision."
Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008
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Some historians say Mexcaltitán's circular shape and cruciform design are similar to that of Tenochtitlan, which Spanish conquistador Bernal Diaz described as "an enchanted vision."
Aztlan on a Pacific Island? Jan 2008
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On another occasion, Bernal Diaz represents the Tlascalans as complaining that they could "get no cotton for their clothing."
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Bernal Diaz and Cortés, which, rejecting all assistance from other quarters, he takes for the basis of his narrative.
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The main discrepancy here is Mr. Wilson's own handiwork, as he has confounded the "Sienchimalen" of Cortés with Jalapa, instead of identifying it with the "Socochima" of Bernal Diaz.
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We do not see how Bernal Diaz could be expected to know that the fibres of the _maguey_ are now used in Mexican manufactures; neither can we comprehend how his statement, that the Tlascalans had _no_ cotton, is at variance with Mr. Wilson's assertion, that they used the _maguey_ as a substitute.
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Bernal Diaz the alleged individual affairs of private soldiers are so artfully interwoven with the general history as to give the effect of truth to the whole.
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Lockhart, by translating the chronicle of Bernal Diaz, has saved it from similar condemnation, -- but only that it might incur a still more terrible fate.
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In a couple of closely-printed pages, devoted to the subject, he asks himself, again and again, the questions, -- "Who, then, was Bernal Diaz?"
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