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Painting of, In the summer of 1521 the culminating battles in the seesaw siege of Tenochtitlán (present-day Mexico City) pitted Cortés’ Spaniards and a host of Indian allies against the once dominant Aztecs.

The Old World Soldier Who Conquered the New

by John Walker1/12/202411/8/2023

In 1519 Hernán Cortés set out to invade the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, his boldness earning Spain a foothold in the Americas.