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Hernando Cortes

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Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in t

Quotes by Hernando Cortes

The divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for…

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For I assure Your Majesty that if God had not mysteriously assisted us and the victory had gone to Narváez, it would…

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So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not…

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Children

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Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for…

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They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us...

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It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or…

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What men in all the world have shown such daring?

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Daring

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Chocolate is the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to…

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