A Hearth Library collection
Markets and Trade
Who sold what, where, and by what rules
Markets seen by the people who shopped in them, ruled them and wondered at them, starting with the great markets of Mexico before and after the Spanish conquest: the goods, the sellers, the prices and the laws.
Sources
Letter
The Great Market of Tenochtitlan
Cortés, dated October 30, 1520; printed at Seville, 1522, Mexico-Tenochtitlan
SpanishChecked
Conquest and resistance in the AmericasMesoamericaTrade, markets and money
Description
Tenochtitlan, Its Food, Drink and Market
The Anonymous Conqueror, written in Spanish some years after 1521 (original lost); printed in Italian at Venice, 1556, Mexico-Tenochtitlan
ItalianEarly version
MesoamericaFood, farming and hungerCooking and recipes
History
Moctezuma's Table and the Market of Tlatelolco
Bernal Díaz, written in Guatemala, finished in a fair copy in 1568, Mexico-Tenochtitlan
SpanishEarly version
MesoamericaTrade, markets and moneyFood, farming and hunger
Description
Good and Bad Sellers in the Market
Sahagún, compiled from the 1550s to the 1570s; printed 1830, Tlatelolco
SpanishEarly version
MesoamericaTrade, markets and moneyWork and wages
History
The Markets and Their Laws
Durán, written in Mexico in the mid-1570s; first printed at Mexico, 1880, Mexico-Tenochtitlan
SpanishEarly version
MesoamericaTrade, markets and moneyIndigenous American beliefs
Description
Maize, Markets and Books in Yucatán
Landa, written in the mid-1560s, Yucatán
SpanishChecked
MesoamericaWriting and scriptsFood, farming and hunger
Travel
How Chocolate Is Made and Drunk
Gage, printed at London, 1648, Chiapa and Guatemala
Early Modern EnglishEarly version
MesoamericaFood, farming and hungerCooking and recipes
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