Image: (original) Lienzo de Quauhquechollan (~1530)
Description: The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan before its restoration. The lienzo, painted in the early 16th century, several years after the fall of México-Tenochtitlán, represents the perspective of the indigenous conquistadors who allied the Spanish in the conquest of Guatemala. It indicates the alliance between the people of Quauhquechollan (modern-day Huaquechula, State of Puebla, Mexico) and the Spanish, formed by the Spanish captain Hernán Cortés and Jorge de Alvarado, and a map of the territories where conflicts erupted during the conquest. The lienzo was restored in the year 2009, this is a digitized image made before.
Title: (original) Lienzo de Quauhquechollan (~1530)
Credit: Universidad Francisco Marroquín: http://webmaplienzo.ufm.edu/lienzo/
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