Charlie Wiser
@char
Reading Bernal Diaz del Castillo’s firsthand account of the conquest of New Spain/Mexico (1568) highlights how Francisco Gomara’s earlier popular account (1552) distorted events to glorify Hernan Cortes. Gomara never visited the Americas Diaz del Castillo’s passage shows why primary sources matter. History can be twisted to fit narratives. This is especially relevant today.
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