‘Conquistadors and Aztecs’ Review: Cortés in Mexico

‘Massacre of the Mexicans’ from Diego Durán’s ‘The History of the Indies of New Spain, ca. 1581. For centuries, the fall of Tenochtitlan, the majestic, lake-bound capital of the Aztecs or Mexica, has engaged historians and storytellers. To the admiring, conquest was neat, romantic and at once…

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