Unit 9: Exploration / The Americas
An Aztec Painting of the Battle for Tenochtitlan
From "Battle of Tenochtitlan." Ca. 1520. The Art Archive/Mireille Vautier.

The center of the print depicts the Spaniards on horseback. Behind them stands Malintzin, their interpreter and mistress of Cortes who later took the name Dona Marina. Surrounding the Spaniards and their Indian allies are Aztecs in traditional attire.


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