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Reproduction of Cuauhtemoc (L). The name Cuauhtemoc means "One That Has Descended Like an Eagle" in Nahuatl - commonly rendered in english as "Falling Eagle". Cuauhtemoc took power in 1520 as successor of Cuitláhuac and was a nephew of the emperor Moctezuma II, and his young wife was one of Moctezuma's daughters. He ascended to the throne when he was 18 years of age, as his city was being besieged by the spanish and devastated by an epidermic of smallpox. Feb. 17, 2008. (ivan gonzalez).
- Copyright
- ©2008 Ivan Gonzalez
- Image Size
- 2000x1252 / 2.2MB
- Contained in galleries
- Cuetzalan/Mexico

