| The Meeting of Cortés and Montezuma | Frontispiece |
| From a painting especially made for this edition by L. Kowalsky. |
| Cortés Receiving the Embassy of Montezuma | 14 |
| After the painting in the National Museum at Mexico. |
| Cortés sinking his Ships | 70 |
| After the painting by F. Sans. |
| Audience of Cortés with Montezuma | 260 |
| After the painting in the National Museum at Mexico. |
| Map of the Valley of Mexico at the Period of the Conquest | 281 |
| Montezuma | 304 |
| After the portrait published by Fray Prudentio Sandoval in his “History of Charles V.,” edition of 1614. |