Answer: Gold, silver, jewels and pieces of Aztec art.
Explanation: By the 1500s the Mexica capital city of Tenochtitlan was destroyed due to them conquest of Mexico or the Spanish-Aztec War. Emperor Montezuma was dead and the Spanish were firmly in control of what they called "New Spain." Along the way, Cortes and his men collected or more so stole thousands of pounds of gold, silver, jewels and priceless pieces of Aztec art.