Mexican

This large and lovely coffee table book is about a traveling exhibition hosted at the Anacostia Community Museum in 2010. The book is written in both English and Spanish. The exhibit was built by the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. Its main focus was to highlight the fascinating and significant contributions of Africans to the artistic, culinary, musical, and cultural traditions of Mexico.

In the decade before the American Civil War, the United States was preoccupied by efforts for interoceanic communication. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec represented the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and prior to the opening of the Panama Canal, was a major shipping route. It was during negotiations to end the Mexican war of 1846-1848 that the United States began discussing ways in which the route could be accessed or purchased. Nicolas P.

This 1892 folio reproduction of a Tlaxcala codex was originally developed in the 16th century. The Lienzo de Tlaxcalla uses detailed drawings to depict the time of contact and conflict between Hernando Cortez and various groups of people in and around the Tlaxcala region of Mexico. The Lienzo de Tlaxcalla is comprised of images with accompanying text in Nahuatl. One such stunning image portrays a sumptuous banquet. The 16th century original is now lost, but its imagery is available thanks in part to this recreation by Alfredo Chavero.

This 1902 facsimile is one of a small number of codices of native pictography from Mexico dating to pre-Hispanic times.  The original is a screenfold manuscript comprised of 47 leaves of deer skin now in the British Museum.  It uses a kind of picture writing to relate two narratives.  One side of the screenfold tells the history of important Mixtec centers.