Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: A Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico In 1519 Hernan Cortes sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico and made his way to the Aztec capital. Miguel LeonPortilla, a Mexican anthropologist, gathered accounts by the Aztecs, some of which were written shortly after the conquest. Speeches of Motecuhzoma and Cortes When Motecuhzoma had given ...

Summary of the movements leading to separation of Mexico from Spain. Biographies and roles of heroes of independence.

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