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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Σελίδα 107
... wrote . “ I counted more than 430 towers , and they were all temples . From here to the coast I have seen no city so fit for Spaniards to live in , for it has water and some common lands suitable for raising cattle , which none of those ...
... wrote . “ I counted more than 430 towers , and they were all temples . From here to the coast I have seen no city so fit for Spaniards to live in , for it has water and some common lands suitable for raising cattle , which none of those ...
Σελίδα 156
... wrote that God , in striking down the Indians by disease , was actually punishing the Spaniards for their harsh labor practices by depriving them of native workers ! “ Doubtless our God is filling the thrones of heaven with Indians as ...
... wrote that God , in striking down the Indians by disease , was actually punishing the Spaniards for their harsh labor practices by depriving them of native workers ! “ Doubtless our God is filling the thrones of heaven with Indians as ...
Σελίδα 317
... wrote , “ and then someone laughed , and I burst out crying amid the angry shouts and whistling . " 69 Foreign visitors to the capital , even the Catholics among them , were sometimes appalled at the harsh depictions of martyrdom in the ...
... wrote , “ and then someone laughed , and I burst out crying amid the angry shouts and whistling . " 69 Foreign visitors to the capital , even the Catholics among them , were sometimes appalled at the harsh depictions of martyrdom in the ...
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Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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