2016年10月10日 · The capital city of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan was founded in the early 14th century. Built across a series of natural and artificial islands connected by causeways in the swamps of Lake Texcoco, it was to become one of the largest cities in the world, covering more than five square miles and with a population of perhaps 200,000.

ABSTRACT: The map of Tenochtitlan published along with a Latin version of Heman Cortes's letters (Nuremberg, 1524) was the first picture Europeans had of the Culhua-Mexica city, the capital of the Aztec empire. The source of this woodcut map is unknown, and the author argues here that it was based on an

2023年7月14日 · In this context, the first European map of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, holds a significant position. This map, drawn in 1524, is a milestone not only in the history of cartography but also in the confluence of two contrasting civilizations: the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and the European explorers.

Tenochtitlan, ancient capital of the Aztec empire. Located at the site of modern Mexico City, it was founded c. 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco. It contained the palace of Montezuma II, said to consist of 300 rooms, as well as hundreds of temples.

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, …

On the right is the city of Tenochtitlan, and the map shows the raised causeways that linked the island city to the mainland. At the center of the city is the temple precinct of Tenochtitlan, and at its center are the twin temples that were dedicated …

2021年9月15日 · Media in category "Maps of Tenochtitlan" The following 43 files are in this category, out of 43 total. "Mapa de las lagunas rios y lugares que circundan a Mexico..."

This topographical map of Mexico City and its surroundings dates from around 1550, some three decades after the conquest of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán by Hernán Cortés in 1521. Tenochtitlán was founded in the 14th century on an island in the salt lake of Texcoco.

2024年9月5日 · The map of Mexico City and the Gulf of Mexico included in Hernán Cortés' Praeclara Ferdina[n]di Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio, 1524

2014年6月14日 · English: Map of Tenochtitlan, printed 1524 in Nuremberg, Germany. Colorized woodcut. On the left, the Gulf of Mexico (South is at the top, part of Cuba left); on the right, Tenochtitlan with West at the top.