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Traveling exhibit showcases Spanish Pensacola’s Aztec ties

| Hansen Hasenberg

During September and October, a traveling exhibit featuring artifacts from the first Spanish settlement in the New World will shine a light on Pensacola’s connection to the Aztec people.

“Indios Amigos: Aztec Allies and the (New) Spanish Conquest of La Florida” features artifacts from the 1559 Tristan De Luna expedition and settlement in Pensacola.

A traveling exhibit on Aztec pottery found in Pensacola will visit Milton, Gulf Breeze and other places in September and October. PICTURED: Don Miguel, the acting viceroy of New Spain, and Aztec warriors from the Codex Osuna. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

 

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