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Cortez left Alvarado in charge at Tenochtitlan while taking as many men as possible to confront De Narváez on the coast.
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“Cortes appreciates he has to move,”
“so he leaves one of his subordinates, the hot-blooded Alvarado,”
“behind in charge in Tenochtitlan,”
“takes as many men as he can to the coast,”
“confronts De Nevaez,”Play from 15:05Report a misattribution
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