The Mighty AztecsAn account of the Aztecs: how their empire was destroyed by the Spanish conqueror, Cortes; how treasures of their art and elements of their culture survive today. |
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... conquests 61 , 62 , 101 , 111 Iztaccihuatl ( goddess ) 19 Iztaccihuatl ( volcano ) 7 , 18 , 19 Jaguar knights 163 , 172 ... conquest of Mexico 154 ; empire , extent of ( 1519 ) 98-99 ; Mexico , Valley of 68 ; vegetation of northern ...
... conquests 61 , 62 , 101 , 111 Iztaccihuatl ( goddess ) 19 Iztaccihuatl ( volcano ) 7 , 18 , 19 Jaguar knights 163 , 172 ... conquest of Mexico 154 ; empire , extent of ( 1519 ) 98-99 ; Mexico , Valley of 68 ; vegetation of northern ...
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... Conquest of New Spain ; Fray Diego Durán , The Aztecs : The History of the Indies of New Spain and Book of the Gods and Rites and The Ancient Calendar , tr . and ed . Fernando Horcasitas and Doris Heyden ; Patricia de Fuentes , ed . and ...
... Conquest of New Spain ; Fray Diego Durán , The Aztecs : The History of the Indies of New Spain and Book of the Gods and Rites and The Ancient Calendar , tr . and ed . Fernando Horcasitas and Doris Heyden ; Patricia de Fuentes , ed . and ...
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... Conquest of New Spain , translated with an introduction by J. M. Cohen . Copyright © J. M. Cohen , 1963 . Selections reprinted by permission of Penguin Books . Jacques Soustelle , Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest ...
... Conquest of New Spain , translated with an introduction by J. M. Cohen . Copyright © J. M. Cohen , 1963 . Selections reprinted by permission of Penguin Books . Jacques Soustelle , Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest ...
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