Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: 1 The Mexicans on their March to seek a Place to settle. 2. the Silver water. 3. The Tuna Tree with the Eagle ...
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Accession number:
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07324c
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Record number:
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07324c-1
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JCB call number:
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B725 H564g
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Image title:
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1 The Mexicans on their March to seek a Place to settle. 2. the Silver water. 3. The Tuna Tree with the Eagle ...
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Jeremiah Batley]
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Image date:
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[1726]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 3, following p. 190
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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15.9 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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19.3 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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19.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22.4 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Founding of Tenochtitlán or Mexico City. An eagle devours a bird while perched on a tree beside a river. Native Mexicans bow down before the eagle. Other men pole floating gardens on a raft down the river. The raft contains maize, squash, birds, and flowers. Others carry an idol to the riverbank and build a dwelling.
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Source creator:
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
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Source Title:
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[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English] The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies ... Vol. III
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row
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Source date:
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M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]
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notes:
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Text describes the founding of Tenochtitlán. The Aztecs or Mexica, guided by the prophecies of Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), ended their migration by building Tenochtitlán, on an island in a lake where an eagle held a snake perched on a flowering nopal cactus. The Aztecs created artificial islands called chinampas which were made by piling earth from the bottom of Lake Texcoco onto rafts made of weeds. After a while, the roots of the plants and trees grew down to the lake bottom, creating new farmland. This image was derived from Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9, 3rd part, plate 12.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired circa 1916.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Aztec mythology
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Subject headings:
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Mexico City (Mexico)--History--To 1519
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