9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Cortes's Daughter, Malinsin
Cortes was released from captivity after two years and sent back to spain, missing one eye. He returned to adventuring in the americas several years later, in 15 27, and led an expedition to florida. But this one met an even worse fate than his mission to mexico. Hurricanes, shipwrecks and disease meant that of the six dred men he set sail with, only four managed to make it home. Narvaez himself drowned somewhere off the coast of Americana. The slave girl that had accompanied cortes on his conquest and acted as his translator would go on to give birth to cortez's son. She later married one of his soldiers
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