broken spears

Date Submitted: 12/18/2000 11:40:22
Category: / History
Length: 3 pages (912 words)
Broken Spears Around 1519, a Spaniard by the name of Hernan Cortes sailed to what we now know as modern day Mexico. Diego Velazques, governor of Cuba, instructed Cortes to make contact with the New World. What was supposed to be an innocent journey of exploration and trading, became a horrific genocide of the Aztecs of the New World. Cortes was a violent, manipulative, and a greedy man. To give you an idea of the violence …
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