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The indigenous in Mexico helped Hernan Cortez defeat the Aztecs who came from 'the north'; Latin America needs another Catholic man to help defeat the evil that comes from 'the north'.
Pray for Honduras 2009
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I can see Pizarro and Hernan Cortez, those glorious warriors -- that is what we were taught that they were glorious warriors yet we know what they did [sentence uncompleted] They came here with their swords and tried to bless their conquests with the cross; I have much more respect for the cross than for the sword.
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Hernan Cortez had arrived with his men, in suits of shining armor, with horses, with weapons of steel.
The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980
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Hernan Cortez had arrived with his men, in suits of shining armor, with horses, with weapons of steel.
The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980
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About ten miles from the town of Cuernavaca there is the magnificent hacienda of Atlascomulco, originally owned by Hernan Cortez.
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About the time the Spanish arms under Hernan Cortez, Pizarro, and
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking
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This prerogative was conceded in return for their services to Hernan Cortez during the conquest.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The Hernan Cortez squadron, under Captain Capa, was in vanguard, and attacked a band commanded by Bellito, which had come to meet the column.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Trumbull White 1904
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Hernan Cortez was _alcalde_, or mayor, of Santiago de Cuba.
Cuba, Old and New 1893
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In exchange, the writers of the present time, without being better than those of former times, neither as men nor as historians, without being more gallant than Hernan Cortez and Salcedo, nor more prudent than
The Indolence of the Filipino Jos�� Rizal 1878
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