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Francisco Pizarro, described as a distant cousin of Hernán Cortés, met with Cortés and learned his conquest strategy.
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“One of this is a distant cousin of Cortes named Francisco Pizarro. He met with Cortes and got the playbook, as you say, about how this is to be done.”24:04Report a misattribution
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