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  • Etiquetas: Ciudad de México

yet all this was subsequent to his Reduction of the City of Mexico, the Capital of that Empire; and his intermediate Actions would have been far from receiving Approbation, if the Advantages attending them had not happened to be very great, in…

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so that Length and Breadth of the Place may be discerned at the Corner of any Street. They are all wide, and well pav’d, but generally dirty.

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And though he was obliged to go to Vera Cruz, to oppose the Forces sent against him by Velasquez, he left Motezuma still a Prisoner in his Quarters, under the Care of Pedro de Alvarado, against whom the Mexicans rose in Arms upon the following…

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Montezuma then took him by the hand, and pointed out to him the different parts of the city, and its vicinity, all of which were commanded from that place. Here we had a clear prospect of the three causeways by which Mexico communicated with the…

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Your eyes can scarce so far a Prospect make; As to discern the City on the Lake

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The Town stands, great part of it, upon Bog or Morass, which occasions the Foundations of some of them to sink; and, what is worse, there are so many Rivers that fall from the Mountains into the Lake, that the Town is often in Danger of being…

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To return to the state of Mexico. Guatimotzin now requested of Cortes, that permission should be given to clear the city entirely of the inhabitants, in order to purity it, and restore its salubrity.

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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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On the next day we set out, accompanied as on the former one, and proceeded by the grand causeway, which is eight yards wide, and runs in a straight line to the city of Mexico. It was crowded with people, as were all the towers, temples, and…

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He continued his March in the accustomed Order, and leaving on the one Side the City of Magiscatzingo, scituate [sic] on the Water, and on the other, that of Cuyocan, upon the Causey, besides a great many Towns, which they saw at a Distance upon the…

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In consequence of our message, the chief, and other principal persons of the town came out to meet us, and took us to our quarters, where they gave us paltry and cold entertainment. After supper Cortes made enquiry relative to the military power of…

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only I say, certainly God is offended with that second Sodome.

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