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ACAPULCO in Mexico, an inconsiderable town, unless at the annual fair, which lasts about thirty days; when it becomes a populous city, crowded with the richest commodities of India, brought by the Manilla galleon; the treasures of Peru brought by the…

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Curious readers will be desirous to know how it happened, that the conquerors of Mexico who had gone through such dangers to obtain possession of that city, should now quit it to search for new settlements. To this I reply, that the books which…

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The streets of Christendom must not compare with those [streets] in breadth and cleanness, but especially in the riches of shops which do adorn them.

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But to this I may add the beauty of some of the Coaches of the Gentry, which exceed in cost the best of the Court of Madrid and other parts of Christendom; for there they spare no Silver, nor Gold, nor precious stones, nor Cloth of Gold, nor the best…

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The great Square [of Puebla] is encompas´d on three Sides with a stately uniform Piazza, under which are the Shops of the principal Tradesmen; and on the fourth Side of the Square is the Cathedral, with a most beautiful Front: This is, in very…

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After waiting for some time very impatiently, the Mexicam ambassador Tendile returned, with a present of ten loads of the finest mantles of cotton and feathers. Montezuma also sent four jewels called calchihuis, resembling emeralds, most highly…

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Though Chiapa in the opinion of the Spaniards be held to be one of the poorest Countries of America; because in it as yet there have been no mines discovered, nor golden sands found in the rivers, nor any haven upon the South sea, whereby commodities…

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The Province of Mechoacan is bounded by Panuco on the North, by Mexico Proper on the East, by the South Sea toward the South, and by Guadalajara on the West. In this Province also are Mines of Gold, Silver, and Copper; and the Country produces…

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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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[…]he [Moctezuma] put on his imperial mantle and crown, and decorated himself with precious stones, which he never made use of but on solemn occasion, and thus, attired went out accompanied by the principal Mexicans, who were about his person.

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As to the First, It is certain that the first Discoverers of Mexico and Peru, Cortez and Pizarro, found immense Treasures in those Countries, when they first conquer’d them; and these treasures were sent to Spain immediately

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Friday, the first of March, after league's riding, we halted at Cornavaca, the chief place of the Alcadia, or government of that name, belonging to the marques del Valle, or of the valley, which reaches to the valley of Amacusac. The place is rich,…

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As to the First, It is certain that the first Discoverers of Mexico and Peru, Cortez and Pizarro, found immense Treasures in those Countries, when they first conquer’d them; and these treasures were sent to Spain immediately

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the Mexicans carried strings of Gold and roses of Diamonds in their Hats

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So that Friday 25th Acapulco was converted from a rustick village into a populous city; and the huts before inhabited by dark Mulattoes were all fill'd with gay Spaniards

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[…] the revenues of the church in America are immense. The worship of Rome appears with its utmost pomp in the New World. –Churches and convents there are magnificent and richly adorned […]

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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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Their Churches and Monasteries are proportionably rich and splendid, and their Revenues surprisingly great.

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The new court of Justice gave to the place where they designed to form a colony, before they advanced further into the country, the name of Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz , which is in English The rich city of the true Cross. They denominated this new…

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But beyond this Town are the Mountains called la Mesteca, which abound with many rich and great Towns, and do trade with the best silk that is in all that Country. Here is also great store of Wax and Honey

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West-ward is the Town called La Piedad at the end of a Cawsey, whither the people much resort from Mexico, being drawn to the superstitious worhsip of a picture of Mary which hath been enriched by the [ilegible] of Mexico with many thousand pounds…

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Curious readers will be desirous to know how it happened, that the conquerors of Mexico who had gone through such dangers to obtain possession of that city, should now quit it to search for new settlements. To this I reply, that the books which…

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Curious readers will be desirous to know how it happened, that the conquerors of Mexico who had gone through such dangers to obtain possession of that city, should now quit it to search for new settlements. To this I reply, that the books which…

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The east Part of this Province has plenty of Corn and Fruit, and the West is no less famous for its Silver Mines.

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Friday, the first of March, after league's riding, we halted at Cornavaca, the chief place of the Alcadia, or government of that name, belonging to the marques del Valle, or of the valley, which reaches to the valley of Amacusac. The place is rich,…

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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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And their own Native Treasures, Gold, Silver, precious Stones, &c. added to the former, make the Shops and Markets of Mexico, the richest that are to be found in any town in the World.

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For had the Mexicans been poor, /No Spaniard twice had landed on their Shore./ ’Twas Gold the Catholick Religión planted,/ Which had they wanted Gold, they still had wanted.

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For where there is no store of wealth,/ Souls are not worth the charge of health;/ Spain in America had two designs,/ To sell their gospel for their mines,/ For had the Mexicans been poor,/ No Spaniard had landed on the shore.

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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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Mexico was then in the zenith of its glory, it comprehended all the known provinces and countries in North America, extending above five hundred leagues from east to west, and two hundred leagues from east to west, and two hundred from north to…

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I declare I had almost forgot it, tho’ I have heard all about him—Sir John Contrast—Knight and Baronet—and as rich as Mexico—an ox is to be roasted whole—the whole country will be assembled—such feasting—dancing—

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Mais dès les premiers tems, l´or qui coula à grands flots du Pérou et du Mexique dans le sein de la monarchie espagnole, et fit la premère, la plus riche du monde, et lui inspira l´ambitieux projet d´asservir l´Europe entière.

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If we should go over to America, whether to the Brasils, the flourishing Colony of the Portuguese, how many Hundred Thousand Moyd’ors a Year do we receive from thence, for the English Manufactures worn and consumed there, notwithstanding the intense…

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This bold adventurer, with a very inconsiderable force, subdued the whole country, though inhabited by millions of Indians, and took possession of it’s valuable Gold Mines, which have ever since proved an inexhaustible source of wealth to the…

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The Province of Mechoacan is bounded by Panuco on the North, by Mexico Proper on the East, by the South Sea toward the South, and by Guadalajara on the West. In this Province also are Mines of Gold, Silver, and Copper; and the Country produces…

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Certainly they intend to conquer through those heathenish Indians, until by land they come to Florida and Virginia, (for so they boast) it they be not met with some of our Northern Nations of Europe, who may better keep them off than those poor…

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“After their having passed three squares, they reached Motezuma’s apartments, which they admired for their largeness and furniture. The walls were covered with cotton hangings, interwoven with the furs of rabbits, and the innermost rooms were adorned…

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“Then appeared at a considerable distance a larger company more richly adorned, in the midst of whom was Motezuma in a chariot of burnished gold, surrounded with beautiful feathers, and carried on the shoulder of his favourites, while four persons of…

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But what doth make the Valley of Guaxaca to be mentioned far and near, are the good horses which are bred in it, and esteemed to be the best of all the Country. In this Valley also are some farms of Sugar, and great store of fruits, which two sorts…

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the Mexicans carried strings of Gold

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On his head he wore a crown of gold in the form of a bishop’s mitre, and on his legs a sort of buskin, covered with plates of the same metal, and fastened with leather thongs and gold buckles.

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Theophilus. ‘Gold is then at Mexico more common than silver?’ The Father. "‘Not at present; but the reason why the Mexicans had then more gold than silver was, because gold was more frequently found pure than silver."

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This Province [of Chametlan] hath both Gold and Silver

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Both men and women are excessive in their apparel, using more [ilegible] than stuffs and cloth; precious Stones and Pearls further much this their vain ostentation

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the Mechanick Tradesmen have strings of Pearls

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Some few Days before, Pedro de Alvarado arrived at the same Port, and was very well received by the Governor Diego Velasquez, who publish’d, with incredible Joy, the Account of the Large Countries they had discover’d, and, above all, of the fifteen…

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The gold and silver they possessed Nature herself purified, and they had only simply to collect it;

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…the reason why the Mexicans had then more gold than silver was, because gold was more frequently found pure than silver.

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This Province (of New Biscay) also is rich in Silver Mines

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