The ancestor of reportage? About the letter of conquistador Hernan Cortes who conquered the Kingdom of the Aztecs

In this paper there were presented issues widely connected with reportage. Authors, besides the description of this genre, ask the question about boundaries between literature and report based on facts. As the form of exemplification it was recalled the letter, which focuses on the conquest of Mexico, written by famous 16th century conquistador Hernán Cortés. The way of showing the events and the aim of writing this report lead some questions about the character of that form of expression and its connection with reportage, which we tried to answer.