GREAT ADVENTURES HERNÁN CORTÉS
OFF TO CONQUER THE (NEW) WORLD Cortés leads his troops into battle, raining fire and fury down on the Aztec capital
ALAMY X1, GETTY X1
While growing up a sickly child in the village of Medellín, Spain, Hernán Cortés’s mind was filled with stories of Christopher Columbus and his discoveries in the New World.
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