page_title: Bernal Díaz del Castillo
hierarchical_section_title: Bernal Díaz del Castillo
caption_attribution_description: Español: Monumento a Bernal Diaz del Castillo, soldado a las órdenes de Hernán Cortés que fue testigo y actor de los principales sucesos de la conquista del imperio Azteca y lo dejó escrito en su libro "Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España". Este busto de bronce se encuentra en Medina del Campo. English: Memorial in honour of Bernal Días del Castillo(1492 or 1493 - 1581) was a soldier, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés, he wrote a book that named "The Conquest of New Spain", about this conquest. This memorial is located in Medina del Campo (Spain) Français&#160;: Monument de Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 ou 1493 - 1581), qui fut un conquistador, qui participa à la conquête du Mexique menée par Hernán Cortés, il décrit cette conquête dans le libre "L'Histoire véridique de la Conquête de la Nouvelle Espagne". Le moument est a Medina del Campo (l'Espagne).
context_page_description: Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador, who participated as a soldier in the conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events. As an experienced soldier of fortune, he had already participated in expeditions to Tierra Firme, Cuba, and to Yucatán before joining Cortés. In his later years he was an encomendero and governor in Guatemala where he wrote his memoirs called The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. He began his account of the conquest almost thirty years after the events and later revised and expanded it in response to the biography published by Cortes's chaplain Francisco López de Gómara, which he considered to be largely inaccurate in that it did not give due recognition to the efforts and sacrifices of others in the Spanish expedition.
context_section_description: Bernal Díaz del Castillo (c. 1496 – January 1584) was a Spanish conquistador, who participated as a soldier in the conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events. As an experienced soldier of fortune, he had already participated in expeditions to Tierra Firme, Cuba, and to Yucatán before joining Cortés. In his later years he was an encomendero and governor in Guatemala where he wrote his memoirs called The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. He began his account of the conquest almost thirty years after the events and later revised and expanded it in response to the biography published by Cortes's chaplain Francisco López de Gómara, which he considered to be largely inaccurate in that it did not give due recognition to the efforts and sacrifices of others in the Spanish expedition.
caption: Bernal Díaz del Castillo memorial, in Medina del Campo (Spain)
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