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Exploring the Early Americas The Jay I. Kislak Collection
“The Capture of Tenochtitlán” (96)

Second half of the seventeenth century Mexico
Oil on canvas
Jay I. Kislak Collection
Rare Book and Special Collections Division (96)

“The Capture of Tenochtitlán” 

Cortés leads his Spanish armies on horseback across one of the causeways and lays siege to Tenochtitlan.  He orders the complete destruction of the city.
 

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