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Cortés

Hernán Cortés, a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico between 1519 and 1521.

The 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene

Explained in

• The 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene
• The Art of Strategy, Avinash Dixit, Barry Nalebuff

  Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador of the sixteenth century, who conquered the Aztec empire. Historians disagree on whether he burned his ships or sank them.

• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond

  Hernán Cortés (1485 to 1547), a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec state in Mexico between 1519 and 1521.

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