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Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
A picture book that introduces the Aztecs, their cities, and the dramatic confrontation between Montezuma and Cortes. Tells how the Aztecs established an empire in Mexico and what happened when they, led by Montezuma, encountered Cortés and the Spaniards in the early sixteenth century. An account of the establishment of the Aztec empire in Mexico and of the terrible battle between the Aztecs and the Spaniards known as the Sad Night.
Author
Series
Monographs of the School of American Research volume no. 14, pt. 1-13
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
" ... Sahagún's monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense undertaking is the first complete translation into any language of Sahagún's Nahuatl text, and represents one of the most distinguished contributions in the fields of anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. Written between 1540 and 1585, the Florentine Codex (so named because the manuscript has been part of the Laurentian...
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