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Had the Tlaxcalans turned against Cortez, he would have been defeated, no Spaniard would have survived, and none would have made it back to the coast.
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“If the Lashkarlans had turned on Cortez at that point, he would have been finished.”
“But not one Spaniard would have survived.”
“None of them would have made it back to the coast.”Play from 17:18Report a misattribution
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