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"Conquer or die indeed, Cortes thought… The hour of decision was at hand…"It is the spring of 1521 a
Things have never looked bleaker for Hernán Cortés and his band of Spaniards. They are trapped, star
“The blood flowed like water…”It is 1520 and word has reached Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan that ano
The year is 1519. Hernán Cortés and his Spanish comrades have arrived in Tenochtitlan, the capital c
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