| Conquered Conquistadors: The Lienzo De Quauhquechollan: A Nahua Vision of the Conquest of Guatemala (Mesoamerican Worlds) | 
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Category: Book
Author: Florine Asselbergs
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Studio: University Press of Colorado
Manufacturer: University Press of Colorado
Label: University Press of Colorado
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Pstr
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 372
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0870818996
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.0009031
EAN: 9780870818998
ASIN: 0870818996
Publication Date: August 30, 2008
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In Conquered Conquistadors, Florine Asselbergs reveals that a large pictorial map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, long thought to represent a series of battles in central Mexico, was actually painted in the 1530s by Quauhquecholteca warriors to document their invasion of Guatemala alongside the Spanish and to proclaim themselves as conquistadors. This painting is the oldest known map of Guatemala and a rare document of the experiences of indigenous conquistadors. The people of the Nahua community of Quauhquechollan (present-day San Martin Huaquechula), in central Mexico, allied with Cortes during the Spanish-Aztec War and were assigned to the Spanish conquistador Jorge de Alvarado. De Alvarado and his allies, including the Quauhquecholteca and thousands of other indigenous warriors, set off for Guatemala in 1527 to start a campaign against the Maya. The few Quauhquecholteca who lived to tell the story recorded their travels and eventual victory on the huge cloth map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan. Conquered Conquistadors, published in a European edition in 2004, overturned conventional views of the European conquest of indigenous cultures. American historians and anthropologists will relish this new edition and Asselbergs's astute analysis, which includes context, interpretation, and comparison with other pictographic accounts of the "Spanish" conquest. This heavily illustrated edition includes an insert reproduction of the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan.
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I am generally very pleased with my Amazon orders. They reach me quite fast and usually in the best possible condition. This time, however, one corner was unfortunately somewhat bent from front to back. though not so badly that I considered returning it.
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