Scene of worship and human sacrifice at a native American or Mexican temple
Year: 1691
From: Antonio de Solís y Rivadeneira, Histoire de la conquête du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, Paris, Boudot, 1691. p. 275
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