Las intendencias de la Nueva España

Draft of report commenting on a plan proposed by Reginald Carey Brenton for organizing the Mexican Armada, with information on naval history, and a plea for the establishment of a naval academy.

Narrative extends only to the close of 1828, having been left incomplete at the death of the author. -- cf. Advertencia al lector, 1 leaf at end.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo nos ha dejado lo que muchos consideran es el mejor relato de la conquista de México. Su relación personal con los eventos narrados en su historia, dota a Díaz de la suficiente autoridad para refutar a otros autores de obras semejantes. Además del recuento de las batallas en las que participó, el autor ha incluido descripciones detalladas de los jardines botánicos, del mercado de Tlaltelolco y del centro de la capital azteca; así como de los sacrificios humanos en el gran templo de la pirámide de Cholula.

This publication presents a comprehensive study in the context of portraiture and a masterfully realized study of the fundamental stages of Mexico's political events, artistic, social and scientific. It shows how all classes and social groups represented themselves, the visual symbols of power, wealth and collective moral values in New Spain and the evolution in Mexico during Independence as represented by the painters of the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Outstanding works of Spanish artists such as José Joaquín de la Vega, Pelegrí, the Mexican painter Juan...