Codices in the Genaro García Collection, 1500-1599.

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Codices in the Genaro García Collection, 1500-1599.

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Codices. Anales de Tecamachalco (Codice indigena, 1399-1590), filed as G2 Ms., is a Nahuatl chronology of events from 1399 to 1590. Fragment of Aztec manuscript, 1520 (G8 Ms.), written in Spanish on native paper, is an illustrated account of the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés. Codex book of tribute (G24 Ms.) is a map depicting parcels of land; it includes measurements, place signs, and place names. Written in Aztec hieroglyphs with occasional Nahuatl words, it is the third fragment of the Codice de las posesiones de Don Andrés and dates from the 16th century. Codice indígena, libro de tributos (G30 Ms.), dated ca. 1550, is a pictorial register, in Aztec hieroglyphs and pictograms with Spanish text, of payments of tribute by Mexico City barrios. Codice indígena, 1564-1565 (G42 Ms.), in Nahuatl text with monetary symbols and occasional Spanish words, consists of receipts for payments to Indian officials of the native government of Mexico-Tenochtitlán. Pintura del pueblo de Tecpatepec (Record of expenses kept by Indian scribe), dated ca. 1570 and filed as G71 Ms., represents in drawings expenses paid to Spanish officials. The drawings are accompanied by Spanish text and a few lines in Nahuatl.

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Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547

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Conquistador and explorer. From the description of Hernán Cortés correspondence, circa 1542. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980322 Hernán Cortés led the Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1519 and the conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521. He was governor of New Spain between 1522 and 1527 before returning to Spain and being named the Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca. Cortés returned to Mexico between 1530 and 1541 where he explored the northwestern part of Mexico and its Pacif...

García, Genaro, 1867-1920

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Attorney, historian, writer, educator, bibiophile. Born August 17, 1867; died November 26, 1920. Received law degree from Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia in 1891. Representative to Congreso de la Unión, 1892-1899. Director of Museo Nacional de Historia, Arqueología y Etnología. Director of Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Major publications include: Colección de documentos inéditos o muy raros para la historia de México (1905-1911), Documentos históricos mexicanos (1910-1911), and an edi...