Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

CHAPTER VII.--Antiquities in the museum--Statue of Charles

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IV.--Condition of the museum--Feathered serpents--Viceroy's portraits--Cortéz--Portrait--Armor--Pedro de Alvarado--Images--Vases--Tezcoco--Palace--Trough--Massive mounds--Tescocingo--Hill--Its ancient adornments--Ancient bellevue and reservoir--Tezcocan splendor--Bosque del Contador--Ponds--Lakes--Arbors--Pyramids of Teotihuacan--Houses of sun and moon--Path of the dead--Carved pillar--Pillar at Otumba--Pyramid of Xochicalco--Hill of Xochicalco--Its structures, 266