Summary Of Cortez's Letters

Summary of Cortés

This reading, Letters from Mexico, has many different parts that I thought were quite interesting, some of which related to our text, and others which differed slightly. This paper will single out a few key points, such as Cortés’ actions and logic, as well as comment on my opinion of the reading. I will also compare the material of the reading to that of the text.
Letters from Mexico consisted of Cortés’ letters to His Sacred Majesty, forming a communication line between himself and the Emperor. Even though Cortés was severely delayed due to travel, he was very “up-to-date” on his writing. During the letters, Cortés explained his reasoning and logic for each action. The letters proceeds to provide information on how far each location or colony was from the previous and included information about the inhabitants he ran into along the way. Cortés was very detailed in each of the letters, sometimes going on for more than a page on one person...