Traditional copper work in Mexico has its origins in the pre Hispanic period, mostly limited to the former Purépecha Empire in what are now the states of Michoacán and Jalisco. The reason for this was
Craftsman Abdón Punzo Ángel working on a piece in his Santa Clara del Cobre workshop
Bronze bells and tools at the site museum of Tzintzuntzan
Vasco de Quiroga
View of a traditional workshop in Santa Clara del Cobre
Nuño de Guzmán
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Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán was a Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator in New Spain. He was the governor of the province of Pánuco from 1525 to 1533 and of Nueva Galicia from 1529 to 1534, and p
Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
