Primary Source 14.3: Doña Marina Translating for Hernando Cortés During His Meeting with Montezuma
In April 1519 Doña Marina (or Malintzin as she is known in Nahuatl) was among twenty women given to the Spanish as slaves. Fluent in Nahuatl (NAH-wah-tuhl) and Yucatec Mayan (spoken by a Spanish priest accompanying Cortés), she acted as an interpreter and diplomatic guide for the Spanish. She had a close relationship with Cortés and bore his son, Don Martín Cortés, in 1522. This image was created by Tlaxcalan artists shortly after the conquest of Mexico and represents one indigenous perspective on the events.
(The Granger Collection, New York)
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