Mexico Collection (page 8)

Cortes, having landed on mainland, destroys his fleet
Hernan Cortes, having reached Mexico and discovering already a mutiny, decided to sink the ships to stop any more arising. Men in longboats surround ships, either sunk or sinking. Date: 1519

Cortes orders his men to sink his ships
Hernan Cortes orders his men to sink the ships, so that they cannot retreat. Camp has been set up on the banks, as men in longboats surround various boats either sunk or in the process of sinking

Cortes Meets Montezuma
Hernan Cortes meets Montezuma II in tenochtitlan, Mexico. Date: 1520

Cortes House in Mexico
Ferdinand Cortes house in Tehuacan Mexico Date: 1519

Cortes Home in Mexico
Ferdinand Cortes house in Tehuacan, Mexico. Date: 1519

Tenochtitlan before the Spanish Arrived
Tenochtitlan city before the Spanish conquest. Date: 1519

Spanish Conquistadors in Tezcuco
Marching caravan of Spanish conquistadors and some Aztec soldiers in Texcuco Mexico Date: 1519

Aztec Warriors directing a caravan of porters on a Mexican Mountain Highway. Date: circa 1519

Village of Colotlan, Mexico
View of the village of Colotlan, Mexico. 1827

La Quemada, ruins of city between Zacatecas and Villa Nueva
La Quemada - ruins of a city between Zacatecas and Villa Nueva, known by Mexicans as Los Edificios - The Village of Colotlan. 1827

Natives of the Mexican village of Colotlan, playing musical instruments and dancing. 1827

Cofre de Perote from Church of San Francesco Xalapa
Cofre de Perote, Veracruz, Mexico, an extinct volcano, seen here from the Church (or Convent) of San Francisco Xalapa. 1827

An Indian of the Village of Tanjuco, Rio Panuco, Mexico

Mexican water-carrier 1835
Mexican water-carrier. Date: 1835

Cuernavaca, Mexico - El Calvario (The Calvary)
The Calvary of Cuernavaca, Mexico on Avenida Morelos Sur. The first building (only one of two pictured here), is known as The Spire (El Calvario) and is a dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe

Mexico - Guadalajara - The Monumento a los Ninos Heroes
The Monumento a los Ninos Heroes (Monument to the Boy Heroes) commemorates the 1847 battle between the United States and Mexico at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City

Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Picture of Cholula with the Great Pyramid in the background that looks like a natural hill. Only a very small part is uncovered and restored

AZTEC SACRIFICE
Aztec priests of Mexico sacrifice prisoners to their gods, extracting their hearts and throwing the rest down the temple steps

Priests of Tenochtitlan Sacrifice Victims to their Gods
Aztecs of Mexico- Priests of Tenochtitlan sacrifice victims to their gods Date: circa 1500

Human Sacrifices Thrown from Platform by Priests
Aztecs of Mexico- Priests at Tenochtitlan cut the heart from a still- living victim then fling the carcase from the platform Date: circa 1500

Douglas DC-3A XA-FUV Xicontenatl
Douglas DC-3A-S1C3G XA-FUV Xicontenatl (msn 3261), of Aeronaves de Mexico. NC25617: United Airlines, from November 1940 to July 1948

USAF - North American EB-45A Tornado 47-0014
United States Air Force - North American EB-45A Tornado 47-0014 of 29 AMS - 29 AMG at Mitchell Field 1948 47-0014 crash-landed at Norton AFB

North American P-51D Mustang 44-75024
(ex Minnesota Air National Guard) North American P-51D Mustang 44-75024 (msn 122-41564) seen outside the Minn ANG Museum in Minn ANG colours

United States Air Force - Bell P-59B Airacomet 44-22650
United States Air Force - Bell P-59B-1-BE Airacomet 44-22650 (msn 27-58) at Wright-Patterson AFB. 30 October 1944 :taken on strength by USaF, (delivered prior to contract cancellation)

Early Map of Americas 1570 Date: 1570

NEW MEXICO IN LOCKS
The U.S.S. warship New Mexico in Gatun Locks : both the canal and the ships using it are very vulnerable to attack at this point. Date: circa 1915

MEXICAN QUIPU (1857)
A quipu of ancient Mexico

NATIVE AMERICAN WEAVING
Elle of Ganado, New Mexico, of the Navaho people, weaves a blanket in the traditional manner Date: 1908

MEXICAN TEMPLE
The great Temple of Vitsliputsli in the city of Mexico Date: 1726

CARLOTA (1840 - 1927)
Princess CHARLOTTE, Belgian Royalty, later CARLOTA, Empress of Mexico, with brothers Leopold and Philip. Date: 1840 - 1927

Woman reading a book in her bedroom
A woman sits on a chair beside her bed reading a book by lamplight. Date: 1878

Mexican bullfighter, the picador
A Mexican bullfighter - the Picador. Date: 1909

Passenger train serving Veracruz, Mexico, Central America. Date: circa 1900

Mexico City - Canal de la Viga
Mexico City, Mexico - Canal de la Viga with traditional traffic of shallow pole-propelled open barges. Filled in during the 1940s - the route is now a road - the Calzada de la Viga. Date: circa 1910s

Coins of Mexico, Central America and flag. Date: 1910

The Hospital, Tampico, Mexico Date: circa 1910s

Mexico - Cathedral, Mexico City. The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico

Mexico City - The Metropolitan Tabernacle (Sagrario Metropolitano), built by Lorenzo Rodriguez. Date: circa 1950s

Mayan Ruins - Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Mayan Ruins at Chichen Itza - a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is located in Tinum Municipality, Yucatan State, Mexico

Las Monjas - Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico
Las Monjas (nicknamed The Nunnery Quadrangle by the Spanish) - Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico - actually a Government Palace with elaborately carved facades on both the inside and outside faces

Casa del Gobernador (Governors Palace) Uxmal Yucatan Mexico
Casa del Gobernador (Governors Palace), Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico. Date: circa 1940s

Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Central America - Drying Henequen. After extraction from the plant, henequen is processed as a textile in various forms to obtain a range of products for domestic

General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna of Mexico
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876), 8th President of Mexico. After a successful political career he was overthrown in 1854 and lived most of his later years in exile. circa 1850s

Pre-columbian Art. Mexico. Aztec. Serpent head. National Mus
Pre-columbian Art. Mexico. Aztec. Serpent head. Late Postclassic (1325-1521 A.C.). Volcanic rock. National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City. Mexico

Pre-Columbian Art. Aztec period. Mexico. Collecting taxes. Codex. National Museum of Anthropology. Mexico City

Pre-Columbian Art. Maya-Toltec. Head of the god of rain. Dated between eleven to twelve. centuries. It comes from Chichen-Itza (Mexico). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Pre-columbian Art. Olmec culture. Small jade figure depicting a dwarf. It comes from Cerro de las Mesas. Museum of Anthropology in Mexico

Zuni (Pueblo) Indians, New Mexico, USA
Zuni Indians (part of a larger group known as Pueblo or Village Indians) in New Mexico. The Zunis lived in multi-storey houses using a ladder to move between floors

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