Conquest Gallery

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Tenochtitlan, capital city of Aztec Mexico, an Island connected by causeways to land, 1520s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an early Spanish colonial map

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Egyptian sandstorm destroys the army of Cambyses II

Persian army of Cambyses II destroyed in a North African sandstorm after conquering the Nile valley, 522 BC.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Gustav Dore illustration

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DeSotos route in Louisiana

Western part of De Soto's route, from Desisle's map published in 1707.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an 18th-century illustration

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