Conquest Gallery

EXPL2A-00294

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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1500s, 1520, 16th Century, American, Art, Aztec, Cause Way, City, Civilization, Colonial, Colony, Conquest, Cortes, Cortez, Discover, Exploration, Explore, Hernando Cortes, Historic, History, Illustration, Island, Lake, Lake Tezcoco, Latin America, Map, Mexican, Mexico, Mexico City, New Spain, New World, North America, Road, Spanish, Tenochtitlan, Vintage, Xochimilco

EXPL2A-00030

Missionary Father Valverde addresses the Inca king Atahualpa during the Spanish conquest of Peru, 1532.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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1500s, 1532, 16th Century, Andes, Andes Mountains, Art, Atahialba, Atahuallpa, Atahualpa, City, Colony, Conquer, Conquest, Conquistador, Discovery, Dispute, Exploration, Explore, Father Valverde, Francisco Pizarro, Historic, History, Illustration, Inca, Indian, Latin America, Meet, Missionary, Mountains, Native, New World, Peru, Pizarro, Priest, Religion, Roman Catholic, South America, Spanish, Throne, Valverde, Vintage

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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500s Bc, 522 Bc, 6th Century Bc, Ancient Egypt, Ancient History, Ancient Persia, Animal, Army, Art, Bc, Cambyses, Cambyses Ii, Camel, Classical Civilization, Conquest, Desert, Egypt, Egyptian, Gustav Dore, Gustave Dore, Heritage, Historic, History, Horse, Horse Back, Illustration, Invade, Invasion, Iran, King, King Of Persia, Mid East, Middle East, Military, North Africa, Persepolis, Persia, Persian, Rider, Sahara, Sahara Desert, Sand Storm, Soldier, Traditional, Vintage, Warrior