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."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador
chronicler
historian of the Americas
human
birthCountry Crown of Castile
birthDate c. 1492
birthPlace Medina del Campo
citizenship Crown of Castile
continentOfActivity Central America
North America
countryOfActivity Guatemala NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of New Spain
surface form: New Spain
deathDate c. 1584
ethnicGroup Spaniard
familyName Bernal Díaz del Castillo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Díaz del Castillo
genre chronicle
historical narrative
givenName Bernal
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Spanish colonization of the Americas
knownFor critique of other conquest histories
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
conquistador
soldier
writer
originalTitle The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
surface form: Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España
participantIn Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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
Guatemala City
surface form: Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
servedUnder Hernán Cortés
sexOrGender male
subjectOf Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
conquest of the Aztec Empire
writingLanguage Spanish

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The True History of the Conquest of New Spain author Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo familyName Bernal Díaz del Castillo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Díaz del Castillo
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire hasKeyFigure Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo name Bernal Díaz del Castillo self-link
Cempoala visitedBy Bernal Díaz del Castillo