The broken spears
Subtitle: the Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico
By: edited and with an introduction by Miguel León-Portilla ; with a foreword by J. Jorge Klor de Alva ; translated from Nahuatl into Spanish by Angel María Garibay K. ; English translation by Lysander Kemp ; illustrations, adapted from original codices paintings, by Alberto Beltran.
Contributors: León Portilla, Miguel.
Edition: Expanded and updated ed.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Aztecs -- First contact with Europeans -- Sources.; Indians of Mexico -- First contact with Europeans -- Sources.; Nahuatl literature -- Translations into Spanish.; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Sources.
Description: In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. --Publishers description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
Translation of: Visión de los vencidos.