acolhua

Updated: July 3, 2025

By Clavigero called Acolhua, the name given by all the distant inhabitants of the empire to the people of the Vale of Mexico, or Anahuac. Commencement of the Expedition of Hernando Cortes for the Conquest of Mexico, in 1518. Anxious to prosecute the advantages derivable from the discoveries made by Grijalva, Velasquez used the utmost efforts in providing a new and more powerful armament.

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