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-00155

Mistreatment of natives used as slaves by the Spanish in Mexico, 1500s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

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1500s, 16th Century, American, Amerindian, Art, Captive, Colonial, Colony, Enslave, Hardship, Historic, History, Illustration, Indian, Labor, Labour, Latin America, Mexican, Mexico, Mistreatment, Mountain, Native, Native American, New Spain, New World, North America, Prisoner, Road, Slave, Spanish, Vintage, Volcano

EXPL2A-00369

Burial of Hernando DeSoto in the Mississippi River to keep his death secret from hostile Native Americans, 1542.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1500s, 1542, 16th Century, American, Art, Burial, Bury, Ceremony, Coffin, Colonial, Colony, Conquest, Conquistador, De Soto, Death, Discover, Expedition, Exploration, Explore, Funeral, Hernando De Soto, Historic, History, Illustration, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Moon Light, New Spain, New World, Night, North America, Ritual, River, Secret, Spanish, Torch, United States, Us A, Vintage