Cortés Meets Moctezuma
“The causeway of Tenochtitlán, November 8, 1519. Cortés and Moctezuma II meet between two retinues on the wide stone road over the lake. Foreground shows Aztec nobles laying down feather mantles and gold ornaments; midground reveals Spanish horses snorting and conquistadors in steel breastplates; the temple pyramids of the island city rise across shimmering water against snow-capped volcanoes.”
