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The speaker characterizes Cortés as a freebooting entrepreneur or pirate who was not acting in good faith.
Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“but he was dealing with a free booting entrepreneur pirate essentially not someone operating in good Yeah. faith at all”56:05Report a misattribution
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