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  Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html
In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico and made his way to the Aztec capital. Miguel Leon Portilla, a Mexican anthropologist, gathered accounts by the Aztecs, some of which were written shortly after the conquest. From the Modern History Sourcebook.
  Brown University Library: Three for Three Million http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/exhibits/ThreeForThree/Mexican.html
Information about the Paul R. Dupee Jr. '65 Mexican History Collection in the John Hay Library, including maps and photos of books.
  The History of Mexico http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/mexico/
A host of links to information about the people, wars, events, and milestones in Mexican History, including the Aztecs, the Mayans, Pancho Vila, Santa Anna, the Mexican-American War, NAFTA, the Alamo, Cortez, and a timeline of Mexican history.
  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16045a.htm
1753-1811. Catholic Encyclopedia gives a summary of the life of the priest whose "Grito from Dolores" launched the war for independence.
  Retracing the Route of the Conquistadors across Contemporary Mexico http://thedagger.com/archive/conquest/conquest1.html
Articles by Peter Rashkin on the Spanish conquest and the Zapatista revolt, with travelogues and photos.
  Mexico in the Context of the Transatlantic Slave Trade http://condor.depaul.edu/~dialogo/back_issues/issue_5/mexico_slave_trade.htm
A discussion of the slave trade which brought Africans to the country, and contemporary issues of their descendants in Veracruz and Costa Chica.
  History of Mexico http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/mexico.html
Provides a history of Mexico from ancient times to today.
  Historical Text Archive http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=21
An online collection of relevant historical texts on Mexico.
  Mexico: From Empire to Revolution http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/mexico/
Photographs from the Getty Research Institute's collections exploring Mexican history and culture though images produced between 1857 and 1923.
  National Security Archive's Mexico Project http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/mexico/
US and Mexican government documents relating to the "dirty war", foreign policy, and the role of the military.

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