An Aztec Scribe Hid Twenty-Seven Books from the Conquistadors
Colonial Americas

An Aztec Scribe Hid Twenty-Seven Books from the Conquistadors

When Spanish conquistadors burned the Aztec libraries, one scribe saved twenty-seven books by hiding them in the most unlikely place imaginable.

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Aztec EmpireSpanish ConquestColonial AmericasIndigenous KnowledgeLibrary DestructionCultural Preservation16th CenturyTenochtitlanManuscriptsReligious PersecutionScientific Knowledge

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