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Selección de tres breves ensayos históricos de Manuel Orozco y Berra en torno a los primeros años de la Conquista. Presentada por Ernesto de la Torre Villar, contiene los textos titulados: Los conquistadores de México, Síntesis de la conquista de México, y Las empresas de los conquistadores. En ellos se abordan las condiciones materiales y espirituales con las que fue realizada la empresa de conquista, se relatan algunos hechos generales y particulares (relacionados con Hernán Cortés y Pedro de Alvarado) y se ofrece un balance histórico de dicho acontecimiento. La edición se...

Mexico is a country with a great history, from the ancient civilizations to nowadays. This book gather the most important events in Mexico's history. Ideal for students, investigations and persons interested in general culture.

"Catalog of the portraits in the National History Museum, which is the most important collection of colonial portraits in Mexico. A small b/w illustration of each work is accompanied by explanatory text and, in some cases, the biographical dates of the individuals portrayed. Provides date, material, size, and provenance. Also contains a biographical list of artists and illustrations of their signatures in the collection, as well as an index of colonial painters from the 16th-18th centuries and some from the 19th-20th centuries"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

A collection of colonial documents and correspondence, 1543-1807, relating to the administration of the region of Tlalnepantlan, Estado de Mexico.