Mexico - Discovering and "Conquista" (1517-ca. 1566)

Last modified: 2005-07-23 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 2005.

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 2005.

"Andrés Tapia's chronicle says that The flag of Coqueror Cortés was 'of certain white-and-blue fires, and a red cross in the middle; and a motto read: Amici, sequamur crucem, et si nos fidem, vere in hoc signo vicemus [Fellows, let's follow the cross, since if we have faith, by this sign we conquer]'.

" 'In front of his house's entrance [Cortés] hoisted a magnificent velvet-and-gold standard with the sign of the cross and the Royal Arms ebroided on it, and with the Latin motto: Hermanos: sigamos la señal de la