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| Ber⋅nal [ber-nahl] , 1492–1581, Spanish soldier-historian of the conquest of Mexico. |
| Dí·az del Cas·til·lo (dē'äth thěl kä-stēl'yō) Spanish soldier and historian whose eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico (1519-1521) remains a classic depiction of the 16th-century conquistadors. |