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1.1. Map of the Valley of Mexico xii
1.2. Biombo Portraying a View of the Palace of the Viceroy
in Mexico City 2
1.3. The foundation of Tenochtitlan, Codex Mendoza 4
1.4. The reign and conquests of Moteuczoma II, Codex
Mendoza 6
1.5. The reign and conquests of Moteuczoma II, detail,
Codex Mendoza 7
1.6. The death of Cuitlahua and the Conquest’s aftermath,
Codex Aubin 8
1.7. The arrival at Chapultepec, Codex Aubin 9
1.8. Symbol for tianquiztli 12
1.9. Street sign, Puente de Alvarado, Mexico City, 2009 14
1.10. Map of pre-Hispanic Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco 16
1.11. Map of Tenochtitlan from Hernando Cortés’s Second
Letter 17
1.12. Map of the Mexico City metro system 19
1.13. Icon of the Mexico City metro station
“Moctezuma” 20
1.14. Feather headdress 21
1.15. Map of the Aztec Empire 22
2.1. Luis Covarrubias, View of the Valley of Mexico 25
2.2. Departure from Aztlan, Tira de la Peregrinación 26
2.3. Birth of Huitzilopochtli at Coatepec, Florentine
Codex 30
2.4. Arrival at Chapultepec, Tira de la Peregrinación 31
2.5. World diagram, Codex Fejérváry-Mayer 33
2.6. Map of household properties showing chinampas 34
2.7. Map of Valley of Mexico major dikes, ca. 1500 36
2.8. Map of Santa Cruz 40
2.9. Dikes of Ahuitzotl and Nezahualcoyotl, Map of
Santa Cruz 41
2.10. Chacmool with Tlaloc mask 42
2.11. Stone sculpture of Chalchiuhtlicue 43
2.12. Chalchiuhtlicue, Codex Borbonicus 44
2.13. Teocalli of Sacred Warfare 46
2.14. Teocalli of Sacred Warfare, back 47
2.15. Drawing of the Teocalli of Sacred Warfare 47
2.16. World tree with sacrificed deity, Codex Borgia 48
2.17. Place-names marked by the earth deity 49
2.18. Map from Zolipa, Misantla, Veracruz 50
3.1. Tribute goods from the province of Tochtepec,
Codex Mendoza 54
3.2. Portrait of Nezahualcoyotl, Codex Ixtlilxochitl 56
3.3. Portrait of Nezahualpilli, Codex Ixtlilxochitl 56
3.4. Moteuczoma I’s portrait being carved on Chapultepec
hill, from Durán, Historia 62
3.5. Map of structures at Chapultepec to supply the
aqueduct 63
3.6. Dedication of the Acuecuexco aqueduct, from Durán,
Historia 65
3.7. The Acuecuexatl stone 67
3.8. Drawing of the Acuecuexatl stone 67
3.9. Portrait of Moteuczoma II, Chapultepec Park,
Mexico City 70
3.10. Reconstruction drawing of the portrait of
Moteuczoma II 70
4.1. The new Spanish traza in Mexico City 73
4.2. Map of sixteenth-century Mexico City 74
4.3. Map of the Plaza Mayor, ca. 1563 76
4.4. Plano Parcial de la Ciudad de México 78