General History of the Things of New Spain by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún: The Florentine CodexAn encyclopedic work about the people and culture of central Mexico compiled by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499–1590), a Franciscan missionary who arrived in Mexico in 1529, eight years after completion of the Spanish conquest by Hernan Cortés. Includes more than 2,400 illustrations from the period. Part of the
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