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Line 14: − Hernán Cortés of Spain arrived at Veracruz, Mexico in 1519, in search of rumors of gold. Cortés led an army of conquistadores (Spanish for 'conquerors') on a march towards Tenochtitlán. After being received into the city by the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II (who may have believed Cortés to be a manifestation of the god Quetzalcoatl fulfilling an ancient prophecy of return), Cortés and his men witnessed a bloody sacrifice ritual at which the Spaniards were horrified.
→See also
*[[XIPE TOTEC]]
*[[XIPE TOTEC]]
== References ==
== References ==