CULTURAL READINGS: Colonization & Print in the Americas
Jay I. Kislak Foundation |
Hernando Cortés, Power of attorney. Manuscript, "Tenustitan" [Tenochtitlan], |
| This letter signed by Cortés concerns the investigation by Spanish officials of the vast Mexican colony he himself had conquered only five years previously. When called to a hearing following the mysterious death of an investigative judge sent by Charles V, Cortés declares here that he cannot attend and appoints three deputies to act as his agents. | |
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