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'Cortes and Moctezuma II: The Meeting of Two Worlds with Maria Butler'

'Cortes and Moctezuma II: The Meeting of Two Worlds with Maria Butler'
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'Cortes and Moctezuma II: The Meeting of Two Worlds with Maria Butler'
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Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 2:30 PM to 4 PM
Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library
All Ages
Free

Based on early accounts, this lecture details the historic meeting between Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II and the fall of Mexico. This was a most significant historical invasion toppling one of the greatest empires in 1521. The way of life once lived in Ancient Mexico (Mesoamerica) was forever transformed by the Spanish conquest. Maria Butler, MA, is Lecturer Emerita in the Department of Chicana & Chicano Studies at San Diego State University.

This San Diego Oasis event is free to attend thanks to the generous support of the Friends of the Mission Hills-Hillcrest Branch Library.

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Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Branch Library
619-692-4910
mhstaff@sandiego.gov
https://www.facebook.com/missionhillslibrary

Artist Group Info

Maria Butler

Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library

215 W. Washington Street
San Diego, California 92103
619-692-4910
mhstaff@sandiego.gov

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