 In fact, Calderón’s account was considered to be so offensive, she was compared to Frances Trollope, a female travel writer who had conveyed her dislike for Americans and their customs.Part of the offensive nature of her narrative likely stemmed from the Scottish/European Enlightenment thought about the superiority of Europeans and the inferiority of de-colonized peoples.On the other extreme, the account, with its detailed depictions of Mexican politics and landscape, along with Prescott’s "Conquest of Mexico", provided the United States government with intel on Mexico that served as a prelude for invasion.