In the second part of the Aztec-Spanish War, we venture into Tenochtitlan and deconstruct a few myths around the encounter between the Spanish and the Mexica.
I couldn’t find a full list of images depicting the arrival of the Spanish in Tenochtitlan. If you can get your hands on Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble’s English translation of the Florentine Codex, the drawings are neatly compiled in the mid-section of the book.
Description of Tenochtitlan from Cortés’ second letter
Key Florentine Codex extracts: Moctezuma meeting Cortés, Massacre at the Great Temple, Spanish fleeing Tenochtitlan
The Tree of the Night of Sorrows (the descendant of the tree where Cortés allegedly wept after escaping from Tenochtitlan)
Archaeological excavations at Tecoaque (in English)
Archaeological excavations at Tecoaque (in Spanish)
Sources used in this episode can be found in the notes for Episode 13.
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