Cortez’s Journey to Montezuma

Aug 30, 2020 by Rosarie Salerno

The Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez arrived at the Yucatan Peninsula in February of 1519, a Mayan speaking territory. Padre...

Aug 8, 2020 by Rosarie Salerno

On Good Friday, 1519, Hernando Cortez landed in Veracruz, Mexico. Since the arrival of Grijalva in the Yucatan, 2 years earlier,...

Jul 16, 2020 by Rosarie Salerno

The Ruler of the Aztec Empire at the time of the Spanish conquest was Montezuma II. He reigned between 1502 until his death in 1520....

Jun 1, 2020 by Rosarie Salerno

In the 15th century of the current era, the great Mexican general, Tlacaelel, of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan, was born of royal...

May 1, 2020 by Rosarie Salerno

The people of pre-Colombian Mesoamerica, that we call the Aztecs, called themselves the Mexicas (the Nahuatl word: Mexihcah). They...

Apr 1, 2020 by Rosarie Salerno

Sugar comes from a perennial grass that produces multiple stems; each stem grows into sugarcane; sucrose accumulates in the stalk....