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."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bernal Díaz del Castillo canonical | 7 |
| Díaz del Castillo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernal Díaz del Castillo Context triple: [Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, hasKeyFigure, Bernal Díaz del Castillo]
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A.
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under Spanish rule in the early 16th century.
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B.
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his ill-fated expeditions in the Americas, including attempts to challenge Hernán Cortés and to colonize Florida.
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C.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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D.
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in the early 16th century.
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E.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition into the Colombian interior that resulted in the establishment of Bogotá and the conquest of the Muisca people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernal Díaz del Castillo Target entity description: 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."
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A.
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under Spanish rule in the early 16th century.
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B.
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his ill-fated expeditions in the Americas, including attempts to challenge Hernán Cortés and to colonize Florida.
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C.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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D.
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in the early 16th century.
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E.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition into the Colombian interior that resulted in the establishment of Bogotá and the conquest of the Muisca people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
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Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form:
New Spain
|
| 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
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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 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bernal Díaz del Castillo Description of subject: 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."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Díaz del Castillo