Print, Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexicans on their March to seek a Place to Settle, and Prickly Pear with Eagle, engraving, from General History of the Continent of America... Volume III, 17th century, by Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, in the Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. The image depicts the Mexica poling a raft down a river to find and found Tenochtitlan. Aztecs worship an eagle and others build houses. The engraving is made after an illustration from Theodor de Bry's America. The Templo Mayor and its museum are part of the Mexico City UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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