1704 Gemelli Map of the Aztec Migration

1704 Gemelli Map - According to legend on exactly May 24, 1065 CE, the Mexica (Aztec) began an epic migration from their ancestral homeland, Aztlan, which translated means "Place of Reeds" or "Place of Egrets", to the shores of Lake Texcoco, in Mexico's Central Mesa. There they founded the city of Tenochtitlan which in time spawned the vast Aztec Empire

1065 1704 Ancestral Aztec Aztecs Aztlan Epic Homeland Mesa Mexica Mexicos Migrated Migrates Migration Shores Tenochtitlan Texcoco Traveling

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