London, and which were published by Purchas; 

 This manuscript was sent to the Emperor 

 Charles the Fifth by the first Viceroy of Mexico, 

 Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis of Mondejar: 

 the vessel which transported this valuable object 

 was taken by a French ship, and the collection 

 fell into the bauds of Andrew Thevet, geogra- 

 pher to the King of France, who had himself 

 visited the new continent. After the death of 

 this traveller, Hakluyt, who was chaplain to 

 the English embassy at Paris, purchased the 

 manuscript for twenty crowns ; and from Paris 

 it went to London, where Sir Walter Raleigh 

 was desirous of publishing it. The expense of 

 engraving the figures retarded the publication 

 till 1625 ; when, in compliance with the wishes 

 of the learned antiquary Spelman, Purchas in- 

 serted the whole of the collection of Mendoza 

 in his collection of travels *.. These same 

 figures have been copied by Thevenot -f-, in his 

 Relation of divers Travels : but this copy, as 

 Abbe Clavigero % has very justly observed, is 

 full of faults 3 the events, for instance, which 

 took place under the reign of the King Ahui- 

 zotl, are there indicated under the reign of 

 Montezuma. 



* Purchase Pilgrims, vol. 3, p. 1065. 



f Thevenot (1606), vol. 2, PI. 4, p. 1—85, 



% Clavigero, vol. 1, p. 23. 



