Nurenberg map of Mexico City
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- Created Date
- 1524
- Description
Hand colored map depicts the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, based on the eyewitness account of Hernán Cortés; shows the Aztec capital Temixlitan [Tenochtitlan] in Lake Texcoco, temple of Teocalli in the center, the Palace of Montezuma, houses, canals, causeways and natives paddling canoes.
- Creator
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Aztecs
- Location
- Mexico
Mexico--Mexico City - Type
- image
- Format
- MapsManuscript mapsManuscripts (Documents)
- Language
- Latin
- Rights
- The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions
- Chicago citation style
- Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547. Nurenberg map of Mexico City. 1524. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/4344. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547, (1524) Nurenberg map of Mexico City. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/4344
- MLA citation style
- Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/4344>.