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The manuscript is a partial copy of the original "Mapa de Cuauhtlantzinco," which details the reception by Hernan Cortes by a native Mexican chieftan on his way towards the Conquest of the capital, Mexico. Several of the sheets are portraits of native chiefs, with their names. Text on a number of pictures in Nahuatl.
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Mesoamerican Manuscripts
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- Call Number
- North 9, C0744.01 (Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 258a)
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- Language
- Mayan languages
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