1. Seven Myths of the
Spanish Conquest
Tommy Beasley
Mr. Arguello

2. Introduction
 Cortes received credit for the fall
of the Aztec Empire. This book is
goes into great detail, covering his
journey.

3. Introduction
 When Bernal Diaz first saw the
Aztec Capital he was lost for
words.

4. Epilogue
 The story of Cuauhtemoc’s death has been
written from many different perspectives.
Cortes and Gomara reported that the captive
lords were planning a revolt to kill the
Spaniards. It is hard to completely believe all
of the information because of the
communication barriers of language.

5. A Handful of Adventurers
 This was one of the greatest
events in Human history; the
discovery and conquest of the
Americas by European explorers.

6. A Handful of Adventurers
 Christopher Columbus had Portuguese
connections and a lot of experience. One
reason Hernan Cortes became an idol,
was because of his passage of letters to
the king.

7. Invisible Warriors
 The term {Invisible warriors} were
Africans, who helped Spanish invaders. T
 The Spaniards oppressed the native
divisions and smallpox emphasized that
effect with the death of the Inca ruler.

8. Invisible Warriors
 Africans in the Americas were eager to learn
martial skills as a means to acquire freedom,
which was a black conquistador’s standard
reward.

9. Under the Lordship of the
King
 Restall argues that by referring to
the Spanish conquest as such, a
sense of the inevitability of
Spanish avail is implied.

10. Under the Lordship of the
King
 The “conquest” was in many ways never a
“completed” affair, especially from the
Native American view point that observed
the colonial aspects of the interaction as well
as the elements of conquest.

11. Apes and Men
 Restall explores what is called “The Myth of
Superiority”. According to this idea, people
transform conquests into myths in order to
justify their actions against other cultures.

12. Apes and Men
 While his words did not speak for
every Spaniard at the time, it
illustrates how this ideology was
used as a mechanism for
justifying complete dominance
over another people.