William Hickling Prescott (May 4; 1796 – January 28; 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist; who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. His works "The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic" (1837); "The History of the Conquest of Mexico" (1843); "A History of the Conquest of Peru" (1847) and the unfinished "History of the Reign of Phillip II" (1856–1858) have become classic works in the field; and have had a great impact on the study of both Spain and Mesoamerica. Historians admire Prescott for his exhaustive; careful; and systematic use of archives; his accurate recreation of sequences of events; his balanced judgments and his lively writing style. Prescott started drafting the "History of the Conquest of Mexico" in October 1839. However; Prescott faced difficulties in writing the work which he had not encountered previously. There was relatively little scholarship on Aztec civilization; and Prescott dismissed much of it as "speculation"; and he therefore had to rely almost exclusively on primary sources (with the exception of Humboldt).
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