Ep. 369: The Real Indiana Jones
The MeatEater Podcast
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The Cortez Expedition and the Spanish Settlements in Central Mexico
When cortez came into the mexico area, he actually established a down site or via at vera cruz, and used that as a base. And what he did, and sorry, wait her, was that,. ah, that was a 15 a, i can't remember exactly, 15 19, 15 20, something like that. A, so he established a town site and established a town council and everything. He wanted to separate himself from his sponsor in cuba. And that way they voted him as the leader and so on. But bottom line as that was like, incredibly rich. People made, i mean, they were like billionaires, all of a sudden, overnight
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