{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.historia-verdadera-de-la-conquista-de-la-nueva-espa-a","code":"thing-q378485","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q378485/","name":"Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.MED"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España is a Spanish-language historical narrative by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, a participant in the Spanish conquest of Mexico, recounting the expeditions and conquest from a retrospective soldier's perspective.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to identify Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España, distinguish its textual versions and editions, and use its historical testimony with explicit 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