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A primary source is recorded by someone who personally witnessed or experienced the subject in question (wwnortnon, n.d.). Cortes only gave information that he observed. He never said someone told me, he basically made descriptions as if he saw things himself. A document can be partially primary and partially secondary. If the writing is referenced and noted, it could be considered primary in some studies. If history is being studied, then you would have to search for the primary source (wwnorton, n.d.) I can infer that Cortes’ motives in writing about “the wonders of Tenochtitlan” and the Aztecs, were to describe it in such a way that the Sire could almost picture it himself. It seemed that he was impacted in such a way that it marveled him

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