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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 136 - closed 6/1/2011

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Lot #376: "Prision de Guatimozin Emperador de Mejico" 

Antique map chart Prision de Guatimozin Emperador de Mejico
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Estimate:
$275.00 - $375.00
This lot was withdrawn

Lot 376
By:
Subject: Mexico
Date: 1854

Publication: Historia de la Marina Real Espanola

Condition: B+
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Color: uncolored

Size: 17.2 x 11.8 inches
43.7 x 30.0 cm

This tinted lithograph illustrates the defeat of Cuauhtemoc (aka Guatimozin), the last Aztec emperor of Mexico. He defended Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in a four-month siege that left most of the city destroyed. He was captured by Captain Sandoval while retreating across Lake Texcoco with his family and a few survivors, and was later executed by Hernan Cortes. Drawn by Vicente Urrabieta Ortiz and printed by Juan Jose Martinez in Madrid.

There is some foxing in the margins and title, with a few light spots within the image.

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