Battle Scenes and Conquest Accounts: Cortes and Azcatitlan
Depictions of battle scenes from the Codex Azcatitlan and conquest accounts by Hernando Cortes, providing insights into the clashes between Eagle Warriors and Jaguar Warriors, along with vivid descriptions of victories and entries into Tenochtitlan.
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Scene of Battle, Codex Azcatitlan Hernando Cortes
Eagle Warrior Scene of Battle, Codex Azcatitlan Jaguar Warrior
As we carried the banner of the cross, and fought for our faith and in the service of your Sacred Majesty, God in his glorious providence gave us so great a victory, that we destroyed many people without ourselves receiving any injury. -- Cortes, Second Letter to Charles V Scene of Battle, Codex Azcatitlan
Bernal Diaz describes entering Tenochtitlan with 2,000 allies from, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain.