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| El ultimo Emperador Azteca – UTV, 27.
From the start of his reign (1502-20), the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II was venerated as semi-divine, but lived under the shadow of historical inevitability as he knew that Quetzalcóatl would return to claim his own. Unable to resist the Spaniards, Moctezuma welcomed them to his capital, Tenochtitlán, but was taken hostage and later killed, perhaps from a stone thrown by one of his own warriors. His death marked the beginning of outright hostilities between the Spaniard s and Aztecs, culminating in the destruction of the Aztec empire. Technically, despite what the calendar says, he was not the last Aztec emperor. Image: Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico & History of the Conquest of Peru. |
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| The meeting of Cortés & Moctezuma | Moctezuma as the prisoner of Cortés |
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| Hernán Cortés, representativo de la raza hispana – UTV, 27.
Hernán Cortes (1485-1547), Spanish conquistador and conqueror of Mexico, who was rewarded with the title of Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca, his Palace in Cuernavaca built to secure that vast territory. This drawing of Cortés, published in Nuremberg, is said to be the only portrait of him from life. Image: Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico & History of the Conquest of Peru. |
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Above: A modern (1963) literal depiction of the 'interpenetration of two cultures' by Jorge González Camarena, entitled La fusion de dos culturas. Museo Nacional de Historias, Castillo de Chapultapec, Ciudad de Mexico. |