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Moctezuma may have believed Cortez’s claim that he was an envoy from a powerful emperor across the ocean.
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“He felt perhaps Cortez was what he said he was, an envoy from a great emperor on the far side of the vast ocean.”Play from 11:33Report a misattribution
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