América precolombina

En las Cartas de relación, Hernán Cortés informaba al emperador Carlos V sobre los descubrimientos en el nuevo continente y los grandes sucesos de la Conquista. Extraído de dichas epístolas, en el relato La gran Tenochtitlan, Cortés describe sus primeras impresiones respecto al encuentro con una de las más destacadas civilizaciones indígenas: la ciudad de Tenochtitlan, el transcurrir de la vida en una ciudad lacustre, la hermosa arquitectura de sus templos y la enorme riqueza natural de los alrededores. El doctor Ernesto de la Torre Villar subraya las virtudes de esta misiva escrita...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

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