Note 15 — Chapter XVI · Tapia, Commissioned to Depose Cortes, is Induced to Return to Cuba—Cortes is Confirmed as Governor of New Spain—He Goes to Spain and is Ennobled—A Second Visit to Spain Discloses the Fickleness of the Court—He Vainly Begs the Emperor’s Favor—His Death
George P. (George Putnam) Upton translation
Other authorities assign December 2, 1554, as the date of his death.