La Capital: The Biography of Mexico CityRandom House, 1988 - 640 σελίδες The history of Mexico City is a sweeping, dramatic saga of individuals confronting victory and defeat, opulence and misery, euphoria and catastrophe. A colorful panorama, told by a Latin American correspondent of the New York Times. 16 pages of photos. |
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... streets and claustrophobic fortress walls of Spanish medieval cities . But Cortés took advantage of what the Aztecs already had put in place , including a grid pattern of streets and canals , flat- roofed villas and palaces blanketed ...
... streets and claustrophobic fortress walls of Spanish medieval cities . But Cortés took advantage of what the Aztecs already had put in place , including a grid pattern of streets and canals , flat- roofed villas and palaces blanketed ...
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... streets lined by mudbrick huts with mounds of rubbish piled against their walls . Dogs ripped apart an animal carcass on the roadside . " The people were mere walking bundles of dirty rags- with oblique eyes , distorted limbs , bound ...
... streets lined by mudbrick huts with mounds of rubbish piled against their walls . Dogs ripped apart an animal carcass on the roadside . " The people were mere walking bundles of dirty rags- with oblique eyes , distorted limbs , bound ...
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... street people are standing on the balconies , looking anxiously in the direction of the palace . . . . The state of things is very bad . Cannon planted all along the streets , and soldiers firing indiscriminately on all who pass ...
... street people are standing on the balconies , looking anxiously in the direction of the palace . . . . The state of things is very bad . Cannon planted all along the streets , and soldiers firing indiscriminately on all who pass ...
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Prologue 3 | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 11 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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