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The city was the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century [4] until it was captured by the Tlaxcaltec and the Spanish in 1521. At its peak, it was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas. It subsequently became a cabecera of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
10 Οκτ 2016 · Mexico City, capital of the viceroyalty of New Spain, grew up in its place. This map, published in Nuremberg in 1524 along with copies of Hernán Cortés’ letters to Emperor Charles V translated into Latin, was the first image seen in Europe of Tenochtitlan, presented under the Habsburg imperial flag.
Nuremberg map of Tenochtitlan and the Gulf Coast, 1524. This was the first map of the Aztec capital city to be published in Europe; it accompanied the letters of the conquistador Hernan Cortes.
14 Ιουλ 2023 · Tenochtitlan, the empire's sprawling capital located on an island in Lake Texcoco in present-day Mexico City, was virtually decimated. Despite the destruction, the city's elaborate system of canals, temples, causeways, and marketplaces captivated the Spaniards.
14 Ιουν 2014 · English: Map of Tenochtitlan, printed 1524 in Nuremberg, Germany. Colorized woodcut. On the left, the Gulf of Mexico (South is at the top, part of Cuba left); on the right, Tenochtitlan with West at the top.
24 Φεβ 2016 · The map of Tenochtitlan published along with a Latin version of Heman Cortes's letters (Nuremberg, 1524) was the first picture Europeans had of the Culhua-Mexica city, the capital of the Aztec empire.
The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was an island city and it appears here ringed by neighboring cities in the Valley of Mexico. Like many European maps of the time, this map uses a conventional rendering of buildings—many of them appearing as turreted castles—to signify towns.
