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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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