Two Shipwreck Survivors and the Fall of the Aztecs
Colonial Americas

Two Shipwreck Survivors and the Fall of the Aztecs

A shipwrecked Spanish priest who had gone native and a tattooed warrior-slave each made a choice that decided the fate of a civilization—long before Hernán Cortés ever reached Tenochtitlan.

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Colonial AmericasAztec EmpireMaya CivilizationSpanish Conquest16th CenturyMesoamericaGonzalo GuerreroGerónimo de AguilarLa MalincheButterfly EffectIndigenous ResistanceIdentity

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