The Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs, 1519–21: Media
Spanish-Mexican history
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Mural of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital
Mexican artist Diego Rivera's mural, painted in the 1940s, depicts Tenochtitlán,...
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Cortés meeting Montezuma II
An illustration depicting the meeting between Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés...
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Montezuma in the Codex Tovar
A late 16th-century illustration from the Codex Tovar depicts the Aztec emperor Montezuma...
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The fall of Tenochtitlán
Painting depicting the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlán in 1521. After a 93-day siege,...
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