Exploring the Early Americas

The Jay I. Kislak Collection

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“The Capture of Cuauhtémoc”

“The Capture of Cuauhtémoc” (097.00.00)

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After much of Tenochtitlán has been destroyed, Cuauhtémoc, the eleventh and last king of the Aztec empire, flees the city in a canoe and is captured by the Spanish.