Excerpt from Gregory's History of Mexico: A History of Mexico From the Earliest Times to the Present The Spaniards not only adopted this latter name of'the Aztec city, but as if indicative of the fact that their race is engrafted upon that of the natives, they have adopted the device of the eagle and cactus as the arms of their republic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.