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This is amazing, one of the coolest things I have ever seen on HN. Thanks for doing this!

My question: what kind of evidence/sources were helpful in figuring out what Tenochtitlan looked like?




People have devoted their entire lives to studying this, but I can give a very short overview:

First, there's early colonial maps, such as the Mapa de Uppsala, which give us a decent understanding of the city. Then there are the accounts of the arriving Spanish. There's also archaeological evidence all throughout Mexico City, though much has been actively destroyed.




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