By Right of Conquest; Or, with Cortez in Mexico
1890
By Right of Conquest; Or, with Cortez in Mexico is a historical novel by G. A. Henty, first published in 1890. The story follows young Roger Hawkshaw, who embarks on a merchant voyage to the New World aboard the ship Swan, only to find himself shipwrecked in Pre-Columbian Mexico. As he navigates the dangers of Aztec society and the impending Spanish conquest led by Hernán Cortés, Roger must balance his loyalties and help his native friends survive the tumultuous events of the era. The novel explores themes of exploration, trade, and cultural conflict during the early 16th century.
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“I took a voyage once--it is many years ago, now--to Amsterdam, and the owner, not my good cousin here, but another, took a fancy to go with me; and his wife must needs accompany him, and verily, before that voyage was over, I wished I was dead. "I was no longer captain of the ship. My owner was my captain, and his wife was his. We were forever putting into port for fresh bread and meat, milk and eggs, for she could eat none other. If the wind got up but ever so little, we had to run into shelter and anchor until the sea was smooth. The manners of the sailors shocked her. She would scream at night when a rat ran across her, and would lose her appetite if a living creature, of which, as usual, the ship was full, fell from a beam onto her platter. I was tempted, more than once, to run the ship on to a rock and make an end of us all.””
— G. A. Henty
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