La Capital: The Biography of Mexico CityThe 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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They paddled across the lakes northward to a small uninhabited island a short
distance from the western shores where their ... Tenochtitlán rose in the midst of
Lake Texcoco , one of five interconnecting water bodies that spread south to
north ...
They paddled across the lakes northward to a small uninhabited island a short
distance from the western shores where their ... Tenochtitlán rose in the midst of
Lake Texcoco , one of five interconnecting water bodies that spread south to
north ...
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Lowest lying of the Valley of Mexico ' s five interconnecting lakes , Texcoco posed
a frequent flood threat for ... A major catastrophe occurred in 1449 , during the
rule of Motecuhzoma I , when Lake Texcoco ' s “ waters rose so high that the ...
Lowest lying of the Valley of Mexico ' s five interconnecting lakes , Texcoco posed
a frequent flood threat for ... A major catastrophe occurred in 1449 , during the
rule of Motecuhzoma I , when Lake Texcoco ' s “ waters rose so high that the ...
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Because Mexico City rose on soft , porous land reclaimed from Lake Texcoco ,
buildings had to be set on a foundation of wood pilings . As many as twenty - five
thousand trees were cut down annually from the surrounding mountains for this ...
Because Mexico City rose on soft , porous land reclaimed from Lake Texcoco ,
buildings had to be set on a foundation of wood pilings . As many as twenty - five
thousand trees were cut down annually from the surrounding mountains for this ...
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La capital: the biography of Mexico City
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Περιεχόμενα
Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας
| Τίτλος | La Capital: The Biography of Mexico City |
| Συγγραφέας | Jonathan Kandell |
| Έκδοση | εικονογραφημένη |
| Εκδότης | Random House, 1988 |
| Πρωτότυπο από | Πανεπιστήμιο του Τέξας |
| Ψηφιοποιήθηκε στις | 27 Ιουν. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394540697, 9780394540696 |
| Μέγεθος | 640 σελίδες |
| Εξαγωγή αναφοράς | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |