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Gomara's account of Córdoba, Grijalva, and Cortés
Introductory page from the first English translation of Gomara's Historia (1572).
Francisco
López de Gómara (1511-1565) was chaplain and secretary for Cortés in
the conquistador's later years, and served as his official historian.
Cortés returned to Spain permanently in 1540.
Although Gómara
never visited the Americas, he learned of the events of Cortes' 1519-21
expedition and conquest of Mexico from Cortés himself, as well as from
Andres de Tapia who was a lieutenant during the conflict. Gomara's Historia de la Conquista de México,
first published in Spain in 1552, was translated into English by Thomas
Nicholas and published in London by Henry Bynneman in 1578 as The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the Weast India, now Called New Spayne. The initial page of this volume is shown here.
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