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About two in the afternoon there was a little earthquake, the noise being heard from the mountains, would have given the people time to save themselves, tho' it had been violent. These earthquakes are so frequent at Acapulco, that the people are…

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And Gemelli Careri relates, that when he was at Mexico, in the Year 1698, being carried to the Village of Teotiguacan, which signifies a Place of Gods, about a Day’s Journey from that City, to see some Indian Antiquities; he found two Pyramids of…

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Besides the palace in which, Motezuma kept his court, he had several magnificent pleasure-houses; in one of which, a pompous building supported by pillars of jasper, he kept an aviary of birds, remarkable either for their singing or feathers, so…

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We find also, that they built great Towns, remov’d Stones of prodigious Size, from Place to Place; and yet had no Horses, Oxen or other Cattle of Draught, but all the Carriages were drawn by Men

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We find also, that they built great Towns, remov’d Stones of prodigious Size, from Place to Place; and yet had no Horses, Oxen, or other Cattle of Draught, but all the Carriages were drawn by Men

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Campeachy>/i> is a fair Town, standing on the shore in a small bending of the Land; and is the only Town on all this Coast, even from Cape Catoch to La vera Cruz, that stands open to the Sea. It makes a fine show, being build all with good…

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They had no Vessels upon the water in their Seas, Lakes or Rivers, but Canoes or Periagoes, which only differ in the Dimensions. They are both of them made out of the body of a Tree, and carry from three Men to Threescore. They first hew’d one Side…

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But there was a building in the most solitary part of the gardens, which surprised the Spaniards more than any thing they met with, and it was called the House of Sorrow, because the emperor used to retire thither on the death of his relations, or on…

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“But the most singular of all Motezuma‘s edifices was his house of sorrow, to which he retired in case of any public calamity, or at the death of a favourite relation. It was well calculated for promoting gloomy reflections, for the walls, roofs, and…

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Dampier, in his Second Volume, Part II. P.115, says, of the Indians, they are inoffensive People, kind to Strangers, and even to the Spaniards, who use them worse than Slaves, when they get into their power; those of the open Country spending great…

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The Cathedral, like most others, is built in form of a Cross, lofty and spacious; the Painting, Gilding and Carving exquisite; and it contains abundance of Altars and Chapels on each side, the High Altar standing in the middle of the Choir.

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Near the beginning of this aqueduct is Chapultepec, the burial-place of the Spanish viceroys, as it was formerly of the Mexican emperors. Here is a sumptuous palace, with fine gardens and water-works, and a beautiful chapel, the ornaments whereof are…

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We find also, that they built great Towns, remov’d Stones of prodigious Size, from Place to Place; and yet had no Horses, Oxen, or other Cattle of Draught, but all the Carriages were drawn by Men

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It appears, they were not mean Artificers in Painting, Statuary and Building.

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And how they did crave and engrave, paint and build, remains very much a Secret to us.

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Churches and convents are magnificent and richly adorned; and on high festivals, the display of gold and silver, and precious stones, is such as exceed the conception of an European.

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Herrera informs us, That in Ferdinand Cortez’s Palace in Mexico, there were seven thousand Beams of Cedar

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and, tho’ I don’t suppose they excelled, or even equalled the Europeans in Building, Craving, or Painting; yet it shows a vast genius and uncommon Application, that they were able, in such Circumstances, and with no better Instruments, to perform any…

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We only know, that there were magnificent Buildings, Images, Pictures, Vessels, and Utensils of Gold, Silver, Earth and Wood; but how they form’d them without the help of Iron Tools is, in a great measure, a Mystery to us.

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They had no Vessels upon the water in their Seas, Lakes or Rivers, but Canoes or Periagoes, which only differ in the Dimensions. They are both of them made out of the body of a Tree, and carry from three Men to Threescore. They first hew’d one Side…

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We find also, that they built great Towns, remov’d Stones of prodigious Size, from Place to Place; and yet had no Horses, Oxen, or other Cattle of Draught, but all the Carriages were drawn by Men

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And how they did crave and engrave, paint and build, remains very much a Secret to us.

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[…] which is nothing in comparison to a Church built on the Foot of that Mountain, very magnificent, adorned with Lamps, Images, and Candlesticks of Gold and Silver; besides vast Quantities of Pearls, Emeralds, and other precious Stones. This Church…

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and without any manner of Iron Tool, hew’d out vast Pillars and Slabs of Marble out of the Rock, and polish’d them, as they did several precious Stones and Jewels.

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We only know, that there were magnificent Buildings, Images, Pictures, Vessels, and Utensils of Gold, Silver, Earth and Wood; but how they form’d them without the help of Iron Tools is, in a great measure, a Mystery to us.

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The Mexican Temples, at the Arrival of the Spaniards, were eight at Mexico, of equal Grandeur and Magnificence, built much alike, except that of Vitzliputzly, which excelled all the others in Bigness…

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Cortes now proposed to Fra. Bartholome to apply to Montezuma for permission to construct our church here, to which the father for the present objected, thinking it ill-timed. Cortes then addressing himself to Montezuma, requested that he would do him…

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Churches and convents are magnificent and richly adorned; and on high festivals, the display of gold and silver, and precious stones, is such as exceed the conception of an European.

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Father Cairo informs us, that the natives are tolerably well shaped, and very ingenious, that they live without houses, or any shelter but trees in the summer, and caves in the winter

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Father Cairo informs us, that the natives are tolerably well shaped, and very ingenious, that they live without houses, or any shelter but trees in the summer, and caves in the winter

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and without any manner of Iron Tool, hew’d out vast Pillars and Slabs of Marble out of the Rock, and polish’d them, as they did several precious Stones and Jewels.

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and without any manner of Iron Tool, hew’d out vast Pillars and Slabs of Marble out of the Rock, and polish’d them, as they did several precious Stones and Jewels.

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What is most remarkable besides in Mexico, is the vast spacious Market-Place, or Square in the middle of the Town; on one Side whereof runs a Cloyster, under which are some of the richest Shops in the World; and on the other, stands the magnificent…

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In the first place, the Spaniards, under presence of Zeal for destroying the Temples and Idols of the Mexicans, but, in reality, that none of the Gold and Silver, and other Treasures of the Mexicans might be concealed from them, pull’d down and…

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The floors were covered with mats, the walls with cotton hangings, interwoven with furs of rabbits; and the innermost rooms were adorned with a kind of tapestry made of feathers: the roofs were cypress, cedar and other odoriferous woods, ornamented…

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The Mexicans were, in many instances, far advanced in the arts when their empire was overthrown by Cortez. Several of their public buildings were executed with taste and magnificence, the ornaments of their temples were splendid, and their gold…

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Dans le nombre de colonnes qui étoient isolées, & dont l´usage, selon Pline, est de toute antiquité, la plupart étoit couronnées par des pommes de pin ou des pommes de grenade; les unes portoient des globes ou des hémisphères, comme celles que…

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Ce simulacre, couronné de sept étoiles, designant les planetes, répond a la théogonie des anciens Peuples d´Assyrie, de Chaldée, de l´Egypte, & de l´Ethiopie; à celle de l´ancienne Grèce & des Peuples du Mexique , enfin à celle des Sabins…

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This famous city stands on a lake of its own name, on the east side of a valley, at the foot of a ridge of hills; and is only to be approached by five causes: but has no gates, walls, or artillery. It is one of the most regularly built cities in the…

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it will be a matter of singular surprise to behold one of the most dreary rocks, embellished with an agreeable villa, where the mines of Mexico have been lavished to effect the alteration. Such is the royal feat of St. Ildefonso; for in few parts of…

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After the conquest of Mexico, a church was founded on the cite of this temple, and dedicated to Nuestra Senora de los Remedios, and thither many ladies and inhabitants of Mexico go in procession, and to pay the nine days devotions.

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Churches and convents are magnificent and richly adorned; and on high festivals, the display of gold and silver, and precious stones, is such as exceed the conception of an European.

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Herrera informs us, That in Ferdinand Cortez’s Palace in Mexico, there were seven thousand Beams of Cedar

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The Palace of the Marquis de Valle, the Successor of the celebrated Cortez who conquered Mexico, is built on the Ground where one of the Palaces of the Emperor Montezuma stood, and admir’d for its Dimensions and Structure.

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Churches and convents are magnificent and richly adorned; and on high festivals, the display of gold and silver, and precious stones, is such as exceed the conception of an European.

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And how they did crave and engrave, paint and build, remains very much a Secret to us.

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That the two Sides of the Pyramid of the Moon were two hundred Spanish Yards in Length each, and the other two an hundred fifty Spanish Yards in Length

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And Gemelli Careri relates, that when he was at Mexico, in the Year 1698, being carried to the Village of Teotiguacan, which signifies a Place of Gods, about a Day’s Journey from that City, to see some Indian Antiquities; he found two Pyramids of…

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And Gemelli Careri relates, that when he was at Mexico, in the Year 1698, being carried to the Village of Teotiguacan, which signifies a Place of Gods, about a Day’s Journey from that City, to see some Indian Antiquities; he found two Pyramids of…

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The Temples were mostly built of Clay, like the Egyptian Pyramids, with Stairs to ascend them.

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