Exploring the Early Americas
The Jay I. Kislak Collection
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“The Meeting of Cortés and Moctezuma”
Moctezuma, leader of the Aztec empire, and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés meet for the first time outside the city on the shores of Lake Texcoco.