III · Chronicles of the New World
Cartas de Relación · volume 5 of 5
Cartas de Relación: Quinta Carta
The expedition to Honduras, betrayal and the end of the Cortés saga
by José Carlos Savariz Caus · original text by Hernán Cortés
Portuguese edition
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The darkest and most personal of Cortés's letters, written in 1526. It does not speak of conquered cities, but of two years of marching through swamps and forests towards Honduras to punish the rebel captain Cristóbal de Olid.
It is in these pages that Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor, is executed, while rumors of Cortés's death plunged Mexico into chaos. The end of a saga.
- Published
- January 27, 2026
- Pages
- 253
- Format
- Kindle eBook
- Languages
- Portuguese
