meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
William Ramsey Investigates

The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz with William Ramsey on Interviews from Underground. (2023)

William Ramsey Investigates

William Ramsey Investigates

True Crime, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.5728 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz with William Ramsey on Interviews from Underground. (2023)

Interviews from Underground;

https://www.youtube.com/@ViewsfromUnderground

History Books Read by William Ramsey:

https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-books-read-by-william-ramsey--2949733

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/william-ramsey-investigates--1898073/support.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

he was a remarkable guy.

0:02.1

And they like even at his end of his life, like he had tons of children.

0:06.8

I think he had 10 children, women out of wedlock.

0:08.9

But he wore like either a chain or a wrist band that had the seven that symbolized the seven conquered kings that he was crucially involved in destroying in the overthrow of you know central

0:22.9

america trading in new spain really independently of the crown like they didn't have any day-to-day

0:29.3

stuff about what he was doing or oversight he just told him something then sent them incredible

0:34.3

so much gold that it inflated the gold currency in Spain.

0:42.1

Introduce yourself and just tell me a bit about yourself.

0:48.3

My name is William Ramsey. I'm an author. I was an attorney. I'm still a member of the Barra State of California.

0:52.2

I've written five books, made five documentaries.

0:57.2

And they're all nonfiction and kind of historical based. So I also kind of have some side project of books that I liked. So I have

1:02.5

history books read by, I have a degree in history, history books read by William Ramsey. And one of

1:07.7

them is The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz Castile.

1:13.3

So it was a book of interest to me and I've done other readings too of historical subjects as well.

1:19.5

But I'm definitely interested in this. I think I haven't read the whole book into kind of audio, but I brushed myself up and went back.

1:29.2

I really only covered the real battles all the way to the end of the conquest of Technoctitlan,

1:35.8

which is the main city of the Mexico Empire.

1:39.9

They call them the Aztecs, but there's a lot more history there going all the way back

1:44.4

to the founding of really discovery is so-called discovery of the new world, which obviously

1:49.4

already existed.

1:51.0

But from the time the Europeans or Spaniards made their way west after Columbus, what, 1492 was

1:58.9

Columbus, right?

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from William Ramsey Investigates, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of William Ramsey Investigates and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.