Unknown Artist, The Conquest of Tenochtitlán* [one of a narrative of eight scenes], 17th CenturySpanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his cannon ships, horses and armour, defeated and afterwards repressed the spear-toting, human sacrificing Aztecs in 1519.
The imperial power of the Incas was broken in 1532.
* from the most important historical series in Mexican art
An earlier reference to 1532 here.
