THE FINAL CONQUEST AND SIEGE OF TENOCHTITLAN

MAY-AUGUST 1521

CAPTAINS OF THE FINAL CONQUEST:

AT TACUBA

Don Pedro de Alvarado           30 Cavalrymen

                                                     170 Spanish Soldiers

                                             3 Cannons

                                            30,000 Allied Indians

AT COYOACAN

Don Cristobal de Olid          33 Cavalrymen

                                                180 Spanish Soldiers

                                         2 Cannons

                                        30,000 Allied Indians

AT IXTAPALAPA

Don Gonzalo de Sandoval     23 Cavalrymen

                                                  160 Spanish Soldiers

                                          2 Cannons

                                        40,000 Allied Indians

IN THE BOATS/BRIGANTINES

Hernan Cortes with 200 Spaniards/Indian Allies (13 Ships)

THE BRIGANTINES AND THE FINAL CONQUEST

Conquest by Causeway and By Water

SPANIARDS DESTROY DEFENSIVE WALLS OF TENOCHTITLAN

STREET BY STREET AND BUILDING BY BUILDING

AZTEC RESISTANCE

Aztecs Sacrifice Captured Spaniards and Horses

Cortes and Spaniards Celebrate Mass After Surrender of Cuahtemoc

THE DEATH TOLL OF CONQUEST