| Discovery of Mexico | |
| I |
| Spain under Charles V | |
| Progress of Discovery | |
| Colonial Policy | |
| Conquest of Cuba | |
| Expeditions to Yucatan | |
| II |
| Hernando Cortes | |
| His Early Life | |
| Visits the New World | |
| His Residence in Cuba | |
| Difficulties with Velasquez | |
| Armada Intrusted to Cortes | |
| III |
| Jealousy of Velasquez | |
| Cortes Embarks | |
| Equipment of His Fleet | |
| His Person and Character | |
| Rendezvous at Havana | |
| Strength of His Armament | |
| IV |
| Voyage to Cozumel | |
| Conversion of the Natives | |
| Jeronimo de Aguilar | |
| Army Arrives at Tabasco | |
| Great Battle with the Indians | |
| Christianity Introduced | |
| V |
| Voyage along the Coast | |
| Dona Marina | |
| Spaniards Land in Mexico | |
| Interview with the Aztecs | |
| VI |
| Account of Montezuma | |
| State of His Empire | |
| Strange Prognostics | |
| Embassy and Presents | |
| Spanish Encampment | |
| VII |
| Troubles in the Camp | |
| Plan of a Colony | |
| Management of Cortes | |
| March to Cempoalla | |
| Proceedings with the Natives | |
| Foundation of Vera Cruz | |
| VIII |
| Another Aztec Embassy | |
| Destruction of the Idols | |
| Despatches Sent to Spain | |
| Conspiracy in the Camp | |
| The Fleet Sunk | |
| March to Mexico | |
| I |
| Proceedings at Cempoalla | |
| The Spaniards Climb the Tableland | |
| Picturesque Scenery | |
| Transactions with the Natives | |
| Embassy to Tlascala | |
| II |
| Republic of Tlascala | |
| Its Institutions | |
| Early History | |
| Discussions in the Senate | |
| Desperate Battles | |
| III |
| Decisive Victory | |
| Indian Council | |
| Night Attack | |
| Negotiations with the Enemy | |
| Tlascalan Hero | |
| IV |
| Discontents in the Army | |
| Tlascalan Spies | |
| Peace with the Republic | |
| Embassy from Montezuma | |
| V |
| Spaniards Enter Tlascala | |
| Description of the Capital | |
| Attempted Conversion | |
| Aztec Embassy | |
| Invited to Cholula | |
| VI |
| City of Cholula | |
| Great Temple | |
| March to Cholula | |
| Reception of the Spaniards | |
| Conspiracy Detected | |
| VII |
| Terrible Massacre | |
| Tranquillity Restored | |
| Reflections on the Massacre | |
| Further Proceedings | |
| Envoys from Montezuma | |
| VIII |
| March Resumed | |
| Ascent of the Great Volcano | |
| Valley of Mexico | |
| Impression on the Spaniards | |
| Conduct of Montezuma | |
| They Descend into the Valley | |
| IX |
| Environs of Mexico | |
| Interview with Montezuma | |
| Entrance into the Capital | |
| Hospitable Reception | |
| Visit to the Emperor | |
| Residence in Mexico | |
| I |
| Tezcucan Lake | |
| Description of the Capital | |
| Palaces and Museums | |
| Royal Household | |
| Montezuma's Way of Life | |
| II |
| Market of Mexico | |
| Great Temple | |
| Interior Sanctuaries | |
| Spanish Quarters | |
| III |
| Anxiety of Cortes | |
| Seizure of Montezuma | |
| His Treatment by the Spaniards | |
| Execution of His Officers | |
| Montezuma in Irons | |
| Reflections | |
| IV |
| Montezuma's Deportment | |
| His Life in the Spanish Quarters | |
| Meditated Insurrection | |
| Lord of Tezcuco Seized | |
| Further Measures of Cortes | |
| V |
| Montezuma Swears Allegiance to Spain | |
| Royal Treasures | |
| Their Division | |
| Christian Worship in the Teocalli | |
| Discontent of the Aztecs | |
| VI |
| Fate of Cortes' Emissaries | |
| Proceedings in the Castilian Court | |
| Preparations of Velasquez | |
| Narvaez Lands in Mexico | |
| Politic Conduct of Cortes | |
| He Leaves the Capital | |
| VII |
| Cortes Descends from the Tableland | |
| Negotiates with Narvaez | |
| Prepares to Assault Him | |
| Quarters of Narvaez | |
| Attack by Night | |
| Narvaez Defeated | |
| VIII |
| Discontent of the Troops | |
| Insurrection in the Capital | |
| Return of Cortes | |
| General Signs of Hostility | |
| Massacre by Alvarado | |
| Rising of the Aztecs | |
| Expulsion from Mexico | |
| I |
| Desperate Assault on the Quarters | |
| Fury of the Mexicans | |
| Sally of the Spaniards | |
| Montezuma Addresses the People | |
| Dangerously Wounded | |
| II |
| Storming of the Great Temple | |
| Spirit of the Aztecs | |
| Distresses of the Garrison | |
| Sharp Combats in the City | |
| Death of Montezuma | |
| III |
| Council of War | |
| Spaniards Evacuate the City | |
| Noche Triste, or "The Melancholy Night" | |
| Terrible Slaughter | |
| Halt for the Night | |
| Amount of Losses | |
| IV |
| Retreat of the Spaniards | |
| Distresses of the Army | |
| Pyramids of Teotihuacan | |
| Great Battle of Otumba | |
| V |
| Arrival in Tlascala | |
| Friendly Reception | |
| Discontents of the Army | |
| Jealousy of the Tlascalans | |
| Embassy from Mexico | |
| VI |
| War with the Surrounding Tribes | |
| Successes of the Spaniards | |
| Death of Maxixca | |
| Arrival of Reinforcements | |
| Return in Triumph to Tlascala | |
| VII |
| Guatemozin, Emperor of the Aztecs | |
| Preparations for the March | |
| Military Code | |
| Spaniards Cross the Sierra | |
| Enter Tezcuco | |
| Prince Ixtlilxochitl | |
| Siege and Surrender of Mexico | |
| I |
| Arrangements at Tezcuco | |
| Sack of Iztapalapan | |
| Advantages of the Spaniards | |
| Wise Policy of Cortes | |
| Transportation of the Brigantines | |
| II |
| Cortes Reconnoitres the Capital | |
| Occupies Tacuba | |
| Skirmishes with the Enemy | |
| Expedition of Sandoval | |
| Arrival of Reinforcements | |
| III |
| Second Reconnoitring Expedition | |
| Engagements on the Sierra | |
| Capture of Cuernavaca | |
| Battles at Xochimilco | |
| Narrow Escape of Cortes | |
| He Enters Tacuba | |
| IV |
| Conspiracy in the Army | |
| Brigantines Laumched | |
| Muster of Forces | |
| Execution of Xicotencatl | |
| March of the Army | |
| Beginning of the Siege | |
| V |
| Indian Flotilla Defeated | |
| Occupation of the Causeways | |
| Desperate Assaults | |
| Firing of the Palaces | |
| Spirit of the Besieged | |
| Barracks for the Troops | |
| VI |
| General Assault on the City | |
| Defeat of the Spaniards | |
| Their Disastrous Condition | |
| Sacrifice of the Captives | |
| Defection of the Allies | |
| Constancy of the Troops | |
| VII |
| Success of the Spaniards | |
| Fruitless Offers to Guatemozin | |
| Buildings Razed to the Ground | |
| Terrible Famine | |
| The Troops Gain the Market-Place | |
| Battering Engine | |
| VIII |
| Dreadful Sufferings of the Besieged | |
| Spirit of Guatemozin | |
| Murderous Assaults | |
| Capture of Guatemozin | |
| Evacuation of the City | |
| Termination of the Siege | |
| Reflections | |
