Project Gutenberg 2010-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 84 Bird, Robert Montgomery 1806 1854 Bird, R. M. (Robert Montgomery) Bird, Robert M. (Robert Montgomery) Lee, Sheppard Calavar; or, The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico E-text prepared by Julia Miller, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Calavar; or, The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico" by Robert Montgomery Bird is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around the Spanish conquest of Mexico, particularly focusing on the early exploits of Hernán Cortés and his encounters with the Aztecs. Through its rich, descriptive narrative, the book aims to explore themes of civilization versus barbarism, honor, and the complexities of conquest. At the start of the narrative, set in 1520, the arrival of a Spanish fleet in Mexico is described, highlighting the mixed motivations of its crew—ranging from glory to greed. Among them is the noble Don Amador de Leste, whose lofty ideals and disdain for the perceived cowardice of the indigenous people set him apart. He dreams of adventure, glory, and conversion of the native populations. The dialogue between him and the ship’s captain reveals their shared ambitions for the land ahead, while foreshadowing Amador's deeper involvement in the unfolding drama of conquest. A prominent figure mentioned is Calavar, a relative of Amador who is implied to be in need of rescue following the chaos surrounding the conquest, setting up the central conflict of the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34121/34121-h/images/front.jpg en Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1169711 1169462 2024-09-14T10:23:31.483519 2023-09-15T05:34:12.836924 text/html text/html 1179463 2010-10-23T17:42:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 550285 2010-10-23T17:46:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 622074 2024-09-14T10:23:45.416466 application/epub+zip 639962 2024-09-14T10:23:34.738520 application/epub+zip 530939 2024-09-14T10:23:33.423509 application/epub+zip 1110738 2024-09-14T10:23:54.335421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1060949 2024-09-14T10:23:44.347437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 784070 2022-09-15T13:42:58.257448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1133596 1133369 2024-09-14T10:23:29.702516 2023-09-15T05:34:11.168910 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1132787 2010-10-23T17:38:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 432917 2010-10-23T17:38:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1132796 2010-10-23T17:38:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 432798 2010-10-23T17:38:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20619 2024-09-14T10:23:54.481372 application/rdf+xml 24447 2024-09-14T10:23:33.800494 image/jpeg 4569 2024-09-14T10:23:33.612485 image/jpeg 613657 2024-09-14T10:23:31.590525 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia