Mexico Collection (page 17)

Baja California and the Sea of Cortes, seen from aboard the first Space Shuttle flight, April 1981. The Baja California Peninsula, a state in western Mexico, which protrudes into the Pacific Ocean

Statue of Columbus on the Paseo, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Columbus on the Paseo, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Statue of Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier

The Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens was built in sections from 1573 to 1813

The Cathedral at Guadalajara, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Cathedral at Guadalajara, Mexico, c1900. View of Guadalajara Cathedral, built in the Spanish Renaissance style, except for its Neo-Gothic spires

Gallery of the School of La Paz (Vizcainas), Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Gallery of the School of La Paz (Vizcainas), Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. The Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcai nas was established in the mid 18th century for the education of orphaned girls

Fountain of the Falling Waters, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Fountain of the Falling Waters, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Fountain with bas relief of the Mexico City coat of arms. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell

Church of La Santisima, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Church of La Santisima, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. The Temple and Hospital of the Most Holy Trinity was built between 1755 and 1783 as a temple for the adjoining hospital (or hospice) for priests

Law School, Guadalajara, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Law School, Guadalajara, Mexico, c1900. Men standing outside the Neoclassical school of law. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co. c1900]

Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. View of Chapultepec Castle and park. The castle was built in the 18th century as a stately home for the Spanish viceroy

The Old San Hipolito Convent, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Old San Hipolito Convent, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Convent dating from the 16th century. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co. c1900]

Map of Mexico, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of Mexico, 1902. Showing Guatemala and British Honduras, with inset of Mexico City. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd. London, 1902]

Governors Palace, Vera Cruz, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Governors Palace, Vera Cruz, Mexico, c1900. Spanish colonial building in the city of Veracruz on the Caribbean coast. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell

National Palace, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
National Palace, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. The Palace is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico; the colonial building used construction materials from the Aztec emperor Moctezumas palace

Tomb of Juarez, San Fernando Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Tomb of Juarez, San Fernando Cemetery, Mexico City, Mexico, c1900. The tomb of Mexican president Benito Juarez (1806-1872), a lawyer and liberal politician of Zapotec (indigenous Mexican) origin

A View of the Haven of Acapulco, c1768. The port of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, became an important trading post after the Spanish conquest of the Americas. From Drakes Voyages

Political map of North America. Map showing Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Plate 80 from The Times Atlas

Map of Mexico and Central America. Map showing Baja California, Mexico and the Yucatan peninsula, Plate 95 from The Times Atlas

Geographical map of the West Indies. Map of the Caribbean, showing the Isthmus of Panama, the north coast of South America, the Greater Antilles, and various other islands

Jose Agustin Arrieta. Virgen Maria
Arrieta, Jose Agustin Pintor Mexicano. 1802 - 1874 " virgen De LA Merced". Virgen Maria Coleccion Particular. Gijon Sfgp / Korpa

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), Spanish conqueror

Antonio de Mendoza (1490-1552), Spanish governor and first viceroy of New Spain. (Mexico)

The madness of Isabel of Portugal, oil around 1855

Hernan Cortes, Marques del Valle de Oaxaca representing Spain at the Indians in the conquest of America

Juan Rulfo (1918-1986), Mexican novelist born in Sayula (Jalisco), photo 1987

Moctezuma I (1390-1469), the Aztec emperor, miniature in a manuscript

Octavio Paz (1914-1998), Mexican writer, picture 1986

Max Aub (1903-1972), Spanish - Mexican writer and politician

Venustiano Carranza (1859-1920), Mexican politician talking to the people from the National Palace in 1914, photo of Ilustracion Espanola y Americana

Entry of Hernan Cortes in Tlaxcala, series of Paintings Conquest of Mexico

Baptism of the King of Texcoco in the presence of Hernan Cortes series of Paintings Conquest of America

Diaz Miron, Salvador. (1835-1928), Mexican poet

Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lisardi (1776-1827), Mexican writer

Interior of the portico of the Temple of the Sun in the Mayan ruins of Palenque

Exterior view of the Temple of the Cross in the Mayan ruins of Palenque

View of The Palace in the Mayan ruins of Palenque

Exterior view of The Palace in the Mayan ruins of Palenque

View of a pyramid at the Mayan ruins of Bonampak

Conquest of America, Garcia de Holguin occupying Quanhtemoc, painting from 1698 by Miguel Gonzalez at the Museum of America in Madrid

Conquest of Mexico, Perez de Holguin captures Guatimozin

Conquest of Mexico, fighting between Indian and Spanish

Agustin de Iturbide proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on 19 May. 1822, watercolor, 1822

Cover of the work Cronica de la Nueva Espana (Chronicle of New Spain) by Francisco Lopez de Gomara, which includes the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes. Edition of 1554

View of small temples in the ruins of Bonampak

View of Temple No. 33, known as Temple of the bird and the jaguar in the Mayan ruins of Yaxchilan

Back view of the temple number 33, known as Temple of the bird and the jaguar in the Mayan ruins of Yaxchilan

Overview front of the Temple of the Labyrinth in Yaxchilan

Detail of the staircase and top wall of the pyramid of the Mayan ruins of Bonampak

Francisco Villa Pancho Villa (1878-1923), Mexican revolutionary, the General at the head of an armed column, picture of 1916

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