Conquest of Mexico. Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) opposed to human sacrifices. Romantic depiction about the arrival of the Spaniards in Mexico, inspired by the opera "Hernan Cortes" by G. Spontini. Lithography. Drawing, first half of the 19th century, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin (1799-1850).

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