In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...

Tenochtitlan: A Retelling of The Conquest : Throughline In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one.

Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325, and served as the capital of the Aztec Empire until 1521, when it was captured by Cortes and his men. Undeterred by the swampy terrain, the Mexica set about ...