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| CONTENTS | ||||
| BOOK I | ||||
| INTRODUCTION-VIEW OF THE AZTEC CIVILISATION | ||||
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| I. | Ancient Mexico — Climate and Products — Primitive Races — Aztec Empire | 9 | ||
| II. | Succession to the Crown — Aztec Nobility — Judicial System — Laws and Revenues — Military Institutions | 20 | ||
| III. | Mexican Mythology — The Sacerdotal Order — The Temples — Human Sacrifices | 36 | ||
| IV. | Mexican Hieroglyphics — Manuscripts — Arithmetic — Chronology — Astronomy | 55 | ||
| V. | Aztec Agriculture — Mechanical Arts — Merchants — Domestic Manners | 75 | ||
| VI. | Tezcucans — Their Golden Age — Accomplished Princes-Decline of their Monarchy | 90 | ||
| BOOK II | ||||
| DISCOVERY OF MEXICO | ||||
| I. | Spain under Charles V. — Progress of Discovery — Colonial Policy — Conquest of Cuba — Expeditions to Yucatan | 119 | ||
| II. | Hernando Cortés — His Early Life — Visits the New World — His Residence in Cuba — Difficulties with Velasquez — Armada intrusted to Cortés | 129 | ||
| III. | Jealousy of Velasquez — Cortés embarks — Equipment or his Fleet — His Person and Character — Rendezvous at Havana — Strength of his Armament | 142 | ||
| IV. | Voyage to Cozumel — Conversion of the Natives — Jeronimo de Aguilar — Army arrives at Tabasco — Great Battle with the Indians — Christianity introduced | 151 | ||
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