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... tion should go to some islands between Cuba and Honduras , make war , and bring back a number of slaves . The gallant company , however , refused to entertain this suggestion . They said that what Velazquez required was not just , and ...
... tion should go to some islands between Cuba and Honduras , make war , and bring back a number of slaves . The gallant company , however , refused to entertain this suggestion . They said that what Velazquez required was not just , and ...
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... tion of discovering new lands was better than his . He aided them with the necessaries for the voyage , and they departed on the 8th of February , 1517 , having on board a celebrated pilot , named Anton Alaminos , who , as a boy , had ...
... tion of discovering new lands was better than his . He aided them with the necessaries for the voyage , and they departed on the 8th of February , 1517 , having on board a celebrated pilot , named Anton Alaminos , who , as a boy , had ...
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... . 113 . + See the instructions given by Velazquez to Cortes , Documentos Inéditos , tom . i . p . 385 . The day of his birth has been said to be the same as parentage of Cortes . His educa- tion . 18 EARLY LIFE OF CORTES . I. C.
... . 113 . + See the instructions given by Velazquez to Cortes , Documentos Inéditos , tom . i . p . 385 . The day of his birth has been said to be the same as parentage of Cortes . His educa- tion . 18 EARLY LIFE OF CORTES . I. C.
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Sir Arthur Helps. His educa- tion . 18 EARLY LIFE OF CORTES . at Medellin , in Estremadura . His father was Martin Cortes , of Monroy : his mother Donna Catalina Pizarro Altamirano . The mother of Cortes was a remarkable woman , as the ...
Sir Arthur Helps. His educa- tion . 18 EARLY LIFE OF CORTES . at Medellin , in Estremadura . His father was Martin Cortes , of Monroy : his mother Donna Catalina Pizarro Altamirano . The mother of Cortes was a remarkable woman , as the ...
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... tion for Cuba . as Ordaz asserted , it would be madness to attempt Proclama- such an enterprise , and that they must consider return to about their return to Cuba . He , accordingly , published an order for the return of the fleet to ...
... tion for Cuba . as Ordaz asserted , it would be madness to attempt Proclama- such an enterprise , and that they must consider return to about their return to Cuba . He , accordingly , published an order for the return of the fleet to ...
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