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Aztec is a 1980 historical fiction novel by American author Gary Jennings. It is the first of two novels Jennings wrote in the Aztec series, followed by Aztec Autumn , 1997. The remaining four novels ( Aztec Blood , 2002; Aztec Rage , 2006; Aztec Fire , 2008; Aztec Revenge , 2012) were written by other authors after Jennings died in 1999.
Silvio Zavala argued that the book referred to was the Codex Mendoza, [8] and his arguments were restated by Federico Gómez de Orozco. [9] If this is the case, then the Codex was written c. 1541 ('six years ago more or less' from López's recollection) and was commissioned by Mendoza.
Florentine Codex, Book 12 on the conquest of Mexico from the Mexica viewpoint. (Cortez's army advancing while scouts report to Moctezuma) Diego Durán: A comet seen by Moctezuma, interpreted as a sign of impending peril. (Codex Duran, page 1) Detail of first stones from the Codex Boturini depicting the departure from Aztlán.
The De la Cruz-Badiano Aztec Herbal of 1552: William Gates: The Maya Society 1940: English: The Badianus Manuscript (Codex Barberini Latin 241): An Aztec Herbal of 1552: Emily Walcott Emmart: The Johns Hopkins Press 1952: Spanish: Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis: El manuscrito pictórico mexicano-latino de Martín de la Cruz y Juan ...
Mainly between 1940 and 1965, he published a large number of widely acclaimed books about the ancient people of the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs. Victor Wolfgang von Hagen was born on February 29, 1908, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Henry von Hagen and Eleanor Josephine (Stippe-Hornbach) Von Hagen.
The Peruvian writer known as Inca Garcilaso de la Vega used the book as a source for his book, Comentarios Reales de los Incas. A copy of Historia general de las Indias annotated by Garcilaso de la Vega remains extant. [3] Francisco Cervantes de Salazar copied much of Gomara's book to make his Crónica de la Nueva España.
The Aztecs: Frances F. Berdan: 14 June 2021 14 June 2021 — Aztec Empire [10] 10 The Phoenicians: Vadim S. Jogulov 1 November 2021 1 November 2021 1 September 2024 Phoenicia [11] 11 The Inca: Kevin Lane 14 February 2022 14 February 2022 — Inca Empire [12] 12 The Maya: Megan E. O'Neil 2 May 2022 2 May 2022 — Maya civilization [13] 13 Nubia ...
The Aztec codices, in keeping with other Mesoamerica codices, were folded into 'screenfold' style and bounded so that readers could view many pages at once. [6] The bounded books were made from deer hide and agave plants. [9] Though the Aztecs kept records some of the books that the Aztecs possessed where in fact "biased Aztec version of ...