It used to be something far more special — Aztec nobility would mix it into their drinks, and French and English cultivators tried and failed for centuries to pollinate the flower. Its mass ...

and Spaniards often married Indian “princesses” under the delusion that the Aztec nobility, like that of Europe, was hereditary (actually it was earned). As great a blow to the Aztecs as the ...

The Aztec outnumbered the Spanish ... Born to modest lower nobility in the Spanish city of Medellín in 1485, Cortés stood out at an early age for his intelligence and his restless spirit ...

Following the conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521 ... of cochineal’s color made it highly sought after by European nobility, especially for the dyeing of luxurious textiles.

The Aztec empire encompassed city-states of impressive ... enriched by such abundance that the nobility clothed themselves in gilded raiments and decorated their homes with gold and silver ornaments.

maps, stemma, notes, biblio., index. $29.95. ISBN: 0806154349 Schroeder draws upon several histories written in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest by clergymen and the offspring of Aztec nobility ...

The researchers pored over Aztec agricultural manuscripts trying to understand how the indigenous people arrived at area calculations. Only when they factored in the pictorial glyphs did the ...