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  • Etiquetas: Ciudades

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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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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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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The city of Cholula much resembled Valladolid, being in a fertile plain, very thickly inhabited; it is surrounded by field of maize, pepper, and maguey. They had and excellent manufacture of earthenware, of three colours, red, black, and white,…

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The cacique of the place where we were, being asked by us relative to the road to Mexico, recommended that by Cholula; but our allies strongly advised us against going that way, on account of the treacherous disposition of the people, and that 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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On the next day we arrived at the large town of Cuernabaca, or Coadlavaca, in a very strong situation, on account of a deep ravine caused by a rivulet which runs at the depth of a least forty feet, although there is not much water, and which…

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The chief Town is Guadalajara, situated on a River of the same Name, in 20 Degrees odd Minutes North Latitude, 108 Degrees West of London. It is the Capital of the whole Audience, the Seat of their Courts of Justice, and a Bishop’s See. There are…

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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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named Queltavaka, then Cacique of Estapalapa, a city of which you are not ignorant.

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"The greatest curiosity in the city of Mexico is their floating gardens. When the Mexicans, about the year 1325, were subdued by the Colhuan and Tepanecan nations, and confined to the small islands in the lake, having no land to cultivate, they were…

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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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"CHIEF TOWNS, AND COMMERCE.] MEXICO is the oldest city in America of which we have any account. The abbe Clavigero, who is our authoritiy for the preceding account of this country, dates its foundation as far back as 1325. It is situated in the…

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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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The Neighbourhood of Mexicoz is render’d extremely pleasant, by the numerous Palaces, Country-Seats, Monasteries, and Villages, either on the Islands in the Lakes, or on the Banks of the several Lakes within View of the city.

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The chief Towns of Mexico Proper, are, 1. Mexico, the Metropolis of the whole Viceroyalty now, and anciently the Empire of Mexico, situated in 20 Degrees of North Latitude, 103 Degrees West of London; in a spacious Lake, that lies on the East Side of…

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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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They call, for instance, a town near that of Mexico, where the Spaniards have so often shed torrents of human blood, by the name of Angel Town, instead of preserving the expressive appellation given it by the Mexicans, of Cuet-lax-coupan, that is,…

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

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The chief Town whereof, is Cinaloa, situated in 26 Degrees odd Minutes North Latitude, and 112 Degrees West Longitude: In this Province, are rich Pasture Grounds well water’d, with the Rivulets that fall from the Mountains, and here is great Plenty…

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After having sojourned two years in Iztacalco, they came at last to the situation on the lake where they were to found their city. There they found a nopal, or opuntia, growing in a stone, and over it the foot of an eagle. On this account, they gave…

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…Tezcuco, one of the most considerable cities of the empire.

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Cuet-lax-coupan, that is, The snake in the water, because, of two fountains, which are found in the town, one is poisonous

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Upon the twelfth day of September, we happily arrived in America in that famous Town called St. John de Ulua otherwise Vera Crux; famous for that it was the first beginning of the famous Conquest of that Valiant and ever renowned Conqueror Hernando…

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John de Laet tells us, that the land of Vera-Cruz is on a level with the sea, and that its port, called St. John de Hulloa, is formed by a small island no higher than the water

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