"The city is as large as Seville or Cordova; its streets, I speak of the principal ones, are very wide and straight; some of these, and all the inferior ones, are half land and half water, and are navigated by canoes"

Hernando Cortes is explaining a city that is as huge as Seville or Cordova. He is emphasizing the dimension of the city by keeping in mind that the primary streets are extremely broad and also straight. He then takes place to describe that several of the roads, and all of the smaller sized ones, are half land and half water. This means that the streets are so large that they can be navigated by canoes. This summary suggest of a huge and also impressive city, with wide streets that are so large that they can be made use of for both land as well as water transport. It is clear that Cortes was impressed by the dimension and grandeur of the city he was explaining.