The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City Mundy Barbara E.Paperback
Winner, Book Prize in Latin American Studies, Colonial Section of Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 2016Winner, ALAA Book Award, Association for Latin American Art/Arvey Foundation, 2016The…
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Winner, Book Prize in Latin American Studies, Colonial Section of Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 2016Winner, ALAA Book Award, Association for Latin American Art/Arvey Foundation, 2016The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. In 1521, at the height of Tenochtitlan's power, which extended over much of Central Mexico, Hernando Cort s and his followers conquered the city. Cort s boasted to King Charles V of Spain that Tenochtitlan was "destroyed and razed to the ground." But was it?Drawing on period representations of the city in sculptures, texts, and maps, The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico