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15896-0239a.GIF
Fig. 31.
Spaniards fighting the Aztecs during the siege of Tenochtitlan. Note the
Indians' arms and armor, both the rectangular and the lanceolate macuahuitl,
the Spaniards' cannon, and the use of canoes. (Diego Muñoz Camargo,
Descripción de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala, 275r; 242 Hunter Collection,
University of Glasgow Library)

 
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