Légende

Map of Tenochtitlan, Mexico, with Gulf Coast at left, 1524. Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztec empire in 1519-1521. In the centre of the city can be seen the temples where human sacrifices took place.

Date

1524

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_394

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,5Mo) / 43,0cm x 29,2cm / 5079 x 3443 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city Latin library head religious discovery arts country religion temple temples Spain Spanish exploration art island view skull skulls Mexico Central America death cityscape Mexican Mexico City location aztec century conquest exploring invasion print concept sacrifice controversy B&W British Library discovering aerial view beheaded controversial decapitated bird's eye view sacrificing invading black & white black and white B W 16th century decapitation sixteenth century woodcut beheading human sacrifice sacrificial severed head Tenochtitlan TGN map Unknown Hernando Cortes Cortes Hernando Cortez Hernan Cortes Hernan Cortez Hernando Heritage Art severed heads Cort?s Hern?n Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano Pizarro Altamirano Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Hernan Cortes de Monroy y Fall of Tenochtitlan Hern?n Cort?s Hernan Corte