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Pizarro encountered the Inca, whose territory was substantially larger than the territory Cortés had encountered in Mesoamerica.
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“And he encounters what he's looking for, a sophisticated culture on the scale, in fact, in terms of territory on a much broader scale than Cortez had encountered in Mesoamerica. This is the land of the Inca.”Play from 24:28Report a misattribution
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