First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán, 14 August 1521
Item — Box: 45
Identifier: 4075.3916
Desription
First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán.
Title/description created by Clevy Lloyd Strout, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Tulsa, 1962.
Dates
- 14 August 1521
Creator
- Juan de Ribera, 1520–1530 (Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in Spanish, Nahautl, and English.
Access Restrictions
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Extent
2 page(s)
Medium
ink on paper
Previous Number
C-130
Other Number
28883
- Aztec (culture or style)
- Caribbean (general region)
- Hernán Cortés
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Mexico -- México
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Spanish
- Spanish (culture or style)
- Spanish (language)
- Spanish Colonial Manuscript Collection
- colonization -- colonized -- colonizing
- conquistadors -- conquistador
- correspondence
- decrees -- decree
- edicts -- edict
- gemstones -- gemstone -- gem stones
- gold (metal)
- governors -- governor
- jewels -- jewel
- mandates -- mandate
- natural resources -- natural resource
- politics -- political
- proclamations -- proclamation
- silver (metal)
- theft -- stealing
Repository Details
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