Narrative of some things of New Spain and of the great city of Temestitan, Mexico
By: written by the anonymous conqueror, a companion of Hernan Cortes; tr. into English and annotated by Marshall H. Saville.
Contributors: Saville, Marshall Howard, 1867-      ed. and tr.; Cortes Society, New York.
Series: Documents and narratives concerning the discovery and conquest of Latin America.; no. 1
Publisher: The Cortes society
Published: 1917
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
Notes: "Edition limited to 250 copies of which ten are on Kelmscott paper.  This copy is number 130."
The original Spanish text is lost.  An Italian translation by G. B. Ramusio was published in his "Terzo volvme delle navigationi et viaggi ... Venetia, 1556."  It was translated from the Italian into Spanish by Joaquin García Icazbalceta, and published in his "Coleccion de documentos para la historia de Mexico," v. 1, Mexico, 1858.  The present English translation is from this Spanish text.  cf. Introd., p. 11-13.