Image of Pedro Alvarado was the Spanish conquistador of Central America, where by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98)

Pedro Alvarado was the Spanish conquistador of Central America, where Indians in Jalisco, the Chichimecs,...

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IMAGE number: EVB7068615
Image title: Pedro Alvarado was the Spanish conquistador of Central America, where Indians in Jalisco, the Chichimecs, revolted against the Spanish invaders and their Aztec and Tlaxcalan allies in the Mixtón War (1541-42). On July 4, 1541, Alvarado was killed by Chichimecs with a tree trunk or boulder rolled down from a hilltop that pinned him under his horse. This 1595 engraving published by Theodor de Bry is based on an image in Girolamo Benzoni's, Historia del Mondo Nuovo, Venice, 1565 (engraving)
Artist: Bry, Theodor de (1528-98) / Flemish
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Medium: engraving
Date: 1565 AD (C16th AD)

Image description: Pedro Alvarado was the Spanish conquistador of Central America, where Indians in Jalisco, the Chichimecs, revolted against the Spanish invaders and their Aztec and Tlaxcalan allies in the Mixtón War (1541-42). On July 4, 1541, Alvarado was killed by Chichimecs with a tree trunk or boulder rolled down from a hilltop that pinned him under his horse. This 1595 engraving published by Theodor de Bry is based on an image in Girolamo Benzoni's, Historia del Mondo Nuovo, Venice, 1565 (BSLOC_2020_1_123)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
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