Grandes desastres de la Ciudad de México
By: Héctor de Mauleón, coordinador
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Atrasalante popular -- 001
Publisher: Ediciones Atrasalante; Fideicomiso Centro Histórico de la CDMX
Published: 2017
Place of publication: [Mexico]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9786079471156
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Disasters; History; Natural disasters
Description: Anthology of chronicles describing great human tragedies and natural phenomena that have shaped Mexico City since pre-Hispanic age. Told in voices of well-known writers and historical figures who witnessed them (Guillermo Prieto, Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Juan José Tablada, José Luis Martinez, et al.), texts provide first-hand accounts of events ranging from fall of Tenochtitlan, great flood of 1629, plagues and epidemics, rioting, military occupation, earthquakes and others.
Notes: Bibliography: pages 215-216.