Cortes Map Of Tenochtitlan

Cortes Map Of Tenochtitlan. Cortés' 1524 map of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). This would the template for other maps of The startling news of the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes's entry into Mexico and his encoun- ter with the Aztecs in 1519 fascinated Europeans,. On the left, the Gulf of Mexico (South is at the top, part of Cuba left); on the right, Tenochtitlan with West at the top.

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Spaniards on the March to Tenochtitlan (image left) and then Battle on the Templo Mayor (image right) Hand colored map depicts the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, based on the eyewitness account of Hernán Cortés; shows the Aztec capital Temixlitan [Tenochtitlan] in Lake Texcoco, temple of Teocalli in the center, the Palace of Montezuma, houses, canals, causeways and natives paddling canoes

Cortes' Map of Tenochtitlan and the Gulf of Mexico Barnebys

The capital city of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan was founded in the early 14th century The Aztec Empire was a dominant society in Central Mexico that developed on the shores of Lake Texcoco "Twin Temple at Tenochtitlan" Codex Aubin, late 16th Century Massacre of Toxcatl

Cortes Map. and Cortes" from Bernardino de Sahagún, General history of the Graphic map of Lake Texcoco, including Tenochtitlan

BCR Year 8 History The Aztecs and Tenochtitlan. KEYWORDS: Aztec maps, Culhua-Mexica, New Spain, Hernan Cortes, Amerindian maps, Tenochtitlan [Tenochtitlan, Temistitan], Mexico, cartography, Pre-Columbian maps The capital city of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan was founded in the early 14th century