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June 18, 2011
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
I read "Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs" at Mark and Molly's house this week. This is an awesome book. I'd actually read a book about Cortez conquering the Aztecs before (History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott), but the story is just so compelling, that when I found Mark reading this book, I took it away from him and blew through it in a few days. A very good read.
http://www.amazon.com/Conquistador-Hernan-Cortes-Montezuma-Aztecs/dp/055380538X
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 18, 2011 at 10:01 PM
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Searching for the ships Cortés burned before destroying the Aztecs
The conquistador scuttled his ships before marching inland to destroy Tenochtitlan.
Kiona N. Smith - 2/28/2019
Underwater archaeologists are searching the waters off Playa Villa Rica, about 75 kilometers (46.6 miles) north of Veracruz on Mexico’s Gulf coast, for what’s left of conquistador Hernán Cortés’ long-abandoned fleet.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/archaeologists-search-yucatan-coast-for-hernan-cortes-lost-ships/
Posted by: anonymous on March 1, 2019 at 10:56 AM