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503 years ago TODAY: the Mexica provide gifts to the Spaniards, including a massive gold disc representing the sun, and an even larger silver disc of the moon.
Read about these spectacular items in my blog post, "The Gold Sun and the Silver Moon." https://t.co/FDCburI1ln

Atlixca is married to Motecuhzoma's daughter, Tecuichpo. He is her first husband. She will be married three times to Aztec nobility, and three more times to conquistadors. More about her unusual life in my blog post, "Last Empress of the Aztecs." https://t.co/BsGadLVOQC 2/3

503 years ago this week: Motecuhzoma's agent, Cuitlapitoc, is running a Mexica spy ring in the Spanish camp. He sends messengers to Tenochtitlan daily, with info and updates about these strange visitors from another world.

503 years ago TODAY: Moctehuzoma's advance man prepares for a meeting between the Mexica governor and the strangers. It will take place tomorrow. In the meantime, food is brought and hundreds of huts are built for the strangers in a grand gesture of Mexica hospitality.

That time Jesus visited Mesoamerica for #Easter

Isabel Rodriguez, chief medic on Cortes' expedition, training & leading nurses that went with the soldiers. Was granted the title "Honorary Doctor," only for men at the time, allowing her to freely practice medicine. This made her the first recognized female doctor in New Spain.

This tree design is a famous Teotihuacan mural that I adapted for a scene at lord's home in Tenochtitlan. Here's the mural in the background of page 40 of our series.

503 years ago TODAY: Maya and Spanish forces clash at Cintla. It's the first time horses are used in combat in the Americas.
Episode Three of our #webcomic The Battle of Cintla.
Read the entire episode here for FREE: https://t.co/sGwynFq91I

Our webcomic begins on today's date, March 5.
Feb 24, Cortes' fleet arrives at Cozumel.
Feb 27, Cortes messages Maya King Taxmar about Spanish castaways, saying the fleet will wait 8 days for them.
March 5, Mexica updated about the Spaniards wanting to find one of their own.

NEW PAGE for Episode Seven!
Marina/Malinche/Malinalli plays with a blade of grass (called "malinalli" in Nahuatl) as she reflects on her past and ponders her future.
#webcomics