Codex of Azcatitlan

Title: Codex of Azcatitlan
Rights: World Digital Library. Public Domain.
Date: 1530
Description: This page depicts the invasion of Tenochitlan by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes (1485-1547). On one side it shows the Conquistadors carrying a battle flag with an angel. The Spaniards are accompanied by what looks like enslaved Indigenous people and a well dressed black man. On the other side is shows the Mexica people holding a similar flag in front of a temple preparing for battle.
Format: Book. Ink printed on paper. 210 x 280 mm.
Language: Nahutal
Publisher: The National Library of France.
Contributor: Raven Burns
Identifier: Library of Congress. 2021668122.
Subject: spanish conquest; aztec empire; hernan cortes; mexico city; tenochitlian; spanish colonization.
Source: Jpeg file. Library of Congress. 10/20/2023. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15280/?sp=29&st=image&r=-0.023,-0.1,1.111,0.561,0