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The Conquest of Mexico:
A Guide to the Digitized Primary Sources
Located at this Website

Narrative Overviews That Contain Links to Primary Sources and Images

Interpretive Overview

Malinche/Doña Marina

The Conquest of Mexico (to June 30, 1520)

Conflicts between Mexicas and Tlaxcalans

Conflicts over Religion

The Narváez Expedition

The Reconquest of Mexico (June 30, 1520-August 13, 1521)

Contrast and Comparison Exercises

The Cholula Massacre (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

The Cholula Massacre (Mexica and Tlaxcalan Versions)

Cortés Meets Moctezuma (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Moctezuma Arrested (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Spaniards Demand Gold (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Massacre at Festival of Tóxcatl (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Death of Moctezuma (Two Spanish Versions)

The Night of Sorrows (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Spaniards Use of Brigantines (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Mexicas Sacrifice Spaniards and Horses (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Spaniards Try a Catapult (Mexica and Spanish Versions)

Spaniards Reconquer Mexico (Mexica and Spaniard Versions)

Image Exercises

Diego Rivera, "Malinche and Son"

José Clemente Orozco, "Cortés and Malinche"

Spaniards Convert Tlaxcalan Women

The Cholula Massacre

Moctezuma Meets Cortés

Mexicas Trap Spaniards

The Night of Sorrows

Spaniards Fight Mexicas

Tlaxcalans Fight Alongside of Spaniards

Spaniards Besiege Tenochtitlan with Brigantines

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Last Updated: October 7, 2008