Week 2 Post

In the reading "Letter to Charles V", I thought Cortes listed reasons on what would justify his expedition.  I think he took everything to the extreme.  Many things he wrote about were not true, especially when he mentioned that their is an abundance of gold.  Specifically when he talked about the human sacrifice, it felt as if he over exaggerated everything purposely.  In this letter, I felt Cortes was trying to persuade Charles V to have Spain colonize the land and it's people.  

I thought the poem was very sad.  I seemed like life was turned upside down.  I can't imagine something like that happening in this day and age.  

The art work was pretty cool.  I really like figure 19 (the warriors being evaluated).  It is also interesting to see how the some maps were interpreted back in that time.  

I'm not too sure what "Captain and Cousins" was about.  I think it is about life during the colonial times in Mexico.  But I'm not familiar with any of the names mentioned in the reading.