16. Palace of Xacaculco (Quauhtemotzin's residence during the siege). 13. He continually offers the other characters a drink of water, only to be rejected because they know that "it'll give [them] the runs." Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who explored Central America, overthrew Montezuma and his vast Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. 1544: Dominican friars took a delegation of Kekchi Mayan nobles to visit Prince Philip of Spain. 18. 20. [Montezuma makes plans to attack the Spaniards] After the people of Cholula had received us in the festive manner already described … they fed us very well for the first two days, but on the third day they neither gave us anything to eat nor did any of the Caciques or priests make their appearance … Montezuma gives Cortés a carved jade drinking cup. Meeting-place of Montezuma and Cortes. info)), variant spellings include Motecuhzomatzin, Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Motēuczōmah, Muteczuma, and referred to retroactively in European sources as Moctezuma II, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of the Aztec Empire, reigning from 1502 or 1503 to 1520.. Cortés places around Montezuma's neck a necklace of glass beads strung on a cord scented with musk. Temple of Xoluco. In Native American mythology and folklore [edit | edit source] Bridge of Techautzinco. Montezuma offers Cortés an earthenware platter containing small pieces of meat lightly breaded and browned which Cortés declines because he knows the small pieces of meat are human fingers. Temple of Tlateloco. On the show, Montezuma is depicted as a seemingly easygoing person who shows an obvious distaste for Cortez. 1519: Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez recorded the cocoa usage in the court of Emperor Montezuma. Temple of Atzacualo. Montezuma II and the other Aztecs treated the Spaniards like royalty and great feasts were held, which including the serving of choclati, a chocolate drink the Aztecs created. Landing on the Mexican coast on the eve of Good Friday, 1519, Hernan Cortes felt himself the bearer of a divine burden to conquer and civilize the first advanced civilization Europeans had yet encountered in the West. In 1519, the ambitious 34 year old explorer Hernan Cortez landed at Tabasco on Mexico’s Gulf Of Campeche. 15. Market-place of Tlateloco. He and his crew marched on the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, where they were greeted by the Aztec ruler Montezuma. 14. Before the arrival of Hernan Cortes in 1519, Montezuma and his people saw several ominous signs: A comet streaked through the night sky, and a temple went up in flames. Conquest is an essential work of history from one of … Bridge of Tolteacalli (site of the Church of the Martyrs). The first contact between the … The Mayans brought gift jars of beaten cocoa, mixed and ready to drink. To ensure that his crew came along on the march and did not desert, Cortez had his vessels burned. 19. Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponents, Montezuma and Cortés. 17. 21. "The convergence of Cortes and Montezuma is the most emblematic event in the birth of what would come to be called "America."