Bernal Díaz del Castillo
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Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler best known for his detailed firsthand account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire in his work "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Díaz del Castillo | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
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chronicler ⓘ historian of the Americas ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1492 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Medina del Campo ⓘ |
| citizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| continentOfActivity |
Central America
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North America ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
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Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form:
New Spain
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| deathDate | c. 1584 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spaniard ⓘ |
| familyName |
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Díaz del Castillo
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| genre |
chronicle
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historical narrative ⓘ |
| givenName | Bernal ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of other conquest histories
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detailed description of the Aztec Empire at the time of conquest ⓘ eyewitness chronicle of the conquest of New Spain ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| militaryRank | foot soldier ⓘ |
| motivationForWriting | to correct what he saw as inaccuracies in other accounts ⓘ |
| name | Bernal Díaz del Castillo self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork | The True History of the Conquest of New Spain ⓘ |
| occupation |
chronicler
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conquistador ⓘ soldier ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
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surface form:
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España
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| participantIn |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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surface form:
Hernán Cortés expedition to Mexico
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ expedition to New Spain ⓘ |
| perspective | firsthand account ⓘ |
| positionHeld | regidor of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
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Guatemala City ⓘ
surface form:
Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
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| servedUnder | Hernán Cortés ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| writingLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Díaz del Castillo