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[The Aztecs] said that by no means would they give themselves up, for as long as one of them was left he would die fighting, and that we would get nothing of theirs because they would burn everything or throw it into the water.

Hernán Cortés

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Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés
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Born: 1485
Died: December 2, 1547 (aged 62)
Known for:
  1. Five letters, 1519-1526

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