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Restall (director, Latin American studies, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest) attempts to set the record straight on the 1519 meeting of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and Aztec emperor Montezuma, and the events preceding and following the encounter. He starts from the position that the record is heavily skewed in favor of Cortés and that these initial judgments have been passed down u...Log In or Sign Up to Read More