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Title
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Petrvs Alvaradvs, absente Cortesio Mexicanos sua festa celebrantes strictis gladijs cædunt, atque monilia, quibus erant ornati, detrahunt.
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Description
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Hernan Cortés and the Spanish soldiers under his command occupied Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) in 1519. Cortés eventually left the city, leaving Pedro Alvarado in command. During an Indigenous festival the Spaniards attacked the Indigenous people out of greed, stealing the gold jewelry they had donned for the festivities. Here, Spanish men chase and grapple with unarmed Indigenous people, attacking them with swords and clutching at the gold necklaces they wear. At the edge of the skirmish, three Indigenous people still hold the musical instruments they played during the festival. A small group watches the violence on the right, while several others flee. One structure is visible in the background. This image is identical to one found on page 153 of Frankfurt, 1595, but colored.
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Image Creator
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver)
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Theodor de Bry (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:23788
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Source Name
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Americæ pars Qvinta Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis secundæ sectionis Hispanorum, tum in Nigrittas seruos suos, tum in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq[ue] pirataru[m] de Hispanis toties reportata spolia, Aduentu[m] item Hispanoru[m] in Nouam Indiæ continentis Hispaniam, eorumq[ue], contra incolas eius regionis sæuitiam explicans.
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Image
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Subject
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Indigenous peoples – Mexico
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Indigenous peoples, Treatment of - Mexico
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Spaniards
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Colonists
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Violence
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Greed
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Gold
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Indigenous peoples – Jewelry – Mexico
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Swords
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