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The Codex Mendoza is an Aztec codex, believed to have been created around the year 1541. [1] It contains a history of both the Aztec rulers and their conquests as well as a description of the daily life of pre-conquest Aztec society .
Reconstruction of Moctezuma's Palace in Portrait of Tenochtitlan by Thomas Kole Moctezuma's Palace from the Codex Mendoza (1542). Casas Nuevas de Moctezuma (English: New Houses of Moctezuma) or tecpan [2] is the name of a pre-hispanic residential complex composed of five interconnected palaces with large platforms. [1]
1542 in New Spain (1 C, 3 P) ... Codex Mendoza; Codex Xolotl; H. List of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition; M. Antonio de Mendoza;
Moctezuma's Palace from the Codex Mendoza (1542) The National Palace The location of Moctezuma's palace (left) is south of the central plaza of Tenochtitlan and the Totocalli (down) next to it in a map likely made by Hernán Cortés. Moctezuma, like many of his predecessors, built a tecpan (palace) of his own.
1542 books (2 P) 1543 books (8 P) 1544 books (5 P) ... Codex Mendoza; Codex Xolotl; D. Devonshire manuscript; G. Golf book; The Ground of Arts; P. Psalter of Henry VIII
Codex Mendoza is a mixed pictorial, alphabetic Spanish manuscript. [24] Of supreme importance is the Florentine Codex , a project directed by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún , who drew on indigenous informants' knowledge of Aztec religion, social structure, natural history, and includes a history of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec ...
A map showing the de Soto route through the Southeast, 1539–1542. The viceroy of New Spain Antonio de Mendoza, for whom is named the Codex Mendoza, commissioned several expeditions to explore and establish settlements in the northern lands of New Spain in 1540–1542. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado reached Quivira in central Kansas.
1542 in North America (2 C) 1543 in North America (2 C) 1545 in North America (2 C) 1546 in North America (1 C) 1547 in North America (1 C) ... Codex Mendoza; Codex ...