London^ and which were published by Parchas;. 
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 hands 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 in his 
Relation of divers Travels : but this copy, as 
Abbe Clavigero ^ has very justly obseiwed, is 
full of faults ; the events, for instance, which 
took place under the reign of the King Ahui- 
zotl, are there indicated under the reign of 
Montezuma. 
* Purchases Pilgrims, vol. a, p. 1065. 
t Thevenot (1696), vol. 2, PI. 4, p. 85. 
X Clavigero, vol. 1, p. 23. 
