History of the conquest of Mexico, with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés . much earlierperiod of life than the portrait in the Hospital of Jesus, in which both thehair and beard are somewhat grizzled with years. The expression of thecountenance, of a higher and more intellectual cast than the preceding, hasa quiet, contemplative air, not to have been expected in one of the stirringcharacter of Cortes. ARMS OF CORTES. The t*amp on the back of the work represents the arms granted by letterspatent to Cortes by the Emperor Charl
History of the conquest of Mexico, with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés . much earlierperiod of life than the portrait in the Hospital of Jesus, in which both thehair and beard are somewhat grizzled with years. The expression of thecountenance, of a higher and more intellectual cast than the preceding, hasa quiet, contemplative air, not to have been expected in one of the stirringcharacter of Cortes. ARMS OF CORTES. The t*amp on the back of the work represents the arms granted by letterspatent to Cortes by the Emperor Charles V., March 7,1525. In the instru-ment, it is stated, that the double-headed eagle is given as the arms of theempire; the golden lion, in memory of the courage and constancy shownby Cortes in the conquest of Mexico; the three gold crowns indicate thethree monarchs whom lie successively opposed in the capital of Mexico;the city represents that capital; and the seven heads held together by achain, on the border of the shield, denote so many Indian princes whomhe subdued in the Valley. IJ1- -iwrn €iDr>i;irrPPvAv;:K:i.) :!!;. jD:is ]p:hVJKH TMiEiiR ::>3AKCH TtD ::mexic©. 20 15 10 5* 55 • 50 • -15 • 35* JO S5 ? 20 r^
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