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Title: The Interview of Cortes and Motezuma in the City of Mexico
Series/Portfolio: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Engraver:
James Mynde (British, 1702–1771)
Artist:
After Jacob Schijnvoet (Dutch, Amsterdam (?) 1685–1733 London (?))
Author:
Related author John Harris (British, ca. 1666–1719)
Subject:
Hernán Cortés (Spanish, Medellín, Spain 1485–1547 Castilleja de la Cuesta)
Subject:
Moctezuma II (Aztec, 1466–1520)
Date: 1748
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 8 1/8 × 13 7/16 in. (20.6 × 34.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 14 5/16 in. (24.3 × 36.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1958
Object Number: 58.524.3
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