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Tag Archives: Aztecs
1671: The Latest and Most Accurate
John Ogilby: America- Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World (1671); the book is an English translation of Arnold Montanus’s De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld. The title of this plate is “Viztlipuztli idolum Mexicanorum” —The Mexicans’ … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 17th Century, Arnold Montanus, Aztecs, Books, Colonialism, Great Britain, Huitzilopochtli, John Ogilby, Mexica, Mexico, Mexico City, Native Americans, Religion
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1531: Codex
The Huexotzinco Codex is an eight-sheet document on amatl, a pre-European paper made in Mesoamerica. It is part of the testimony in a legal case against representatives of the colonial government in Mexico, ten years after the Spanish conquest in … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Aztecs, Colonialism, Documents, Hernando Cortés, King Charles of Spain, Moctezuma, Nahua, Native Americans
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