Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés

E19355

Spanish literature epistolary work historical document primary source

Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés is a series of letters to the Spanish king in which Cortés narrates and justifies his expedition in Mexico, providing a key firsthand account of the conquest and early colonial encounters with the Aztec Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés canonical	1
Cartas de relación de la conquista de México	1
Hernán Cortés’s letters to Charles V	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish literature ⓘ epistolary work ⓘ historical document ⓘ primary source ⓘ
addressee	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ King of Spain ⓘ
associatedWith	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
author	Hernán Cortés ⓘ
contains	descriptions of geography and resources ⓘ descriptions of indigenous societies ⓘ descriptions of warfare and alliances ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
dateWritten	1520s ⓘ
describesEvent	fall of Tenochtitlan ⓘ first contacts between Spaniards and Aztecs ⓘ
describesPerson	Hernán Cortés ⓘ Moctezuma II ⓘ
describesPlace	Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: Gulf coast of Mexico Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain Tenochtitlan ⓘ
documentType	report to the monarch ⓘ
genre	conquest narrative ⓘ letter ⓘ
hasPart	Cartas de Relación ⓘ surface form: Fifth Letter of Relation Cartas de Relación ⓘ surface form: First Letter of Relation Cartas de Relación ⓘ surface form: Fourth Letter of Relation Cartas de Relación ⓘ surface form: Second Letter of Relation Cartas de Relación ⓘ surface form: Third Letter of Relation
historicalContext	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Renaissance ⓘ
mainSubject	Aztec Empire ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Spanish conquest of Mexico colonial encounters in Mesoamerica ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: expedition of Hernán Cortés
narrativeVoice	first person ⓘ
perspective	Spanish conquistador viewpoint ⓘ
purpose	to describe newly encountered lands and peoples ⓘ to justify Cortés’s actions in Mexico ⓘ to report on the conquest of Mexico ⓘ
significance	important document in early colonial Latin American literature ⓘ key firsthand account of the conquest of Mexico ⓘ major source for the history of the Aztec Empire’s fall ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early 16th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	ethnohistorians of Mesoamerica ⓘ historians of colonial Latin America ⓘ

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Subject: Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés
Description of subject: Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés is a series of letters to the Spanish king in which Cortés narrates and justifies his expedition in Mexico, providing a key firsthand account of the conquest and early colonial encounters with the Aztec Empire.

Referenced by (3)

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Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire → describedIn → Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Cartas de Relación → alsoKnownAs → Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cartas de relación de la conquista de México

massacre at Cholula → documentedBy → Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés ⓘ

subject surface form: Massacre at Cholula

this entity surface form: Hernán Cortés’s letters to Charles V