New Spain 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-00173

Spanish conquistador on a horse with foal - the origin of the horse in colonial America.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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EXPL2A-00172

Typical arrangement of a Spanish colonial mission settlement in North America.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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