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Bernal Diaz del Castillo

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[Wikipedia] Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events. As an experienced soldier of fortune, he had already participated in expeditions to Tierra Firme, Cuba, and t

Quotes by Bernal Diaz del Castillo

As for us, we were scarcely four hundred strong, and we well remembered the word and warning...we had received to beware of…

Bernal Diaz del Castillo

Cities

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And when we saw all those cities and villages built in the water, and other great towns on dry land, and that…

Bernal Diaz del Castillo

Astounded

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We came to serve God and to get rich, as all men wish to do.

Bernal Diaz del Castillo

Get rich

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Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time…

Bernal Diaz del Castillo

Aphrodisiac

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We went there to serve God, and also to get rich.

Bernal Diaz del Castillo

Get rich

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We dared not charge them except all together... for they were so numerous that they could have blinded us with clods of…

Bernal Diaz del Castillo

Blinded

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“Nothing is more prejudicial to war than talk.”

Bernal Díaz del Castillo

War

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