Hernán Cortés, the man who brought down the great empire of Aztec in mere months. How did he do it? In this episode, we trace the events from the day the conquistador set out for America to his defeat in the Night of Sorrows.

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Images
Tlaxcala city. Palacio de Gobierno: Murals-Indian temples burning after the Spanish conquest in 1521. Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons
Aztec Sun Stone. Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historia de la Marina Real Española. Biblioteca Rector Machado y Nuñez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
La Malinche. Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hernando Cortes. US Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hernán Cortés. Naval Museum of Madrid, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Christopher Columbus on Santa Maria in 1492. Emanuel Leutze, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The return of a Spanish expedition. Andries van Eertvelt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Aztec empire in 1519 during the reign of Moctezuma Xocoyotzin or Moctezuma II. Aldan-2, CC BY-SA 4.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons
Folio 20r of the Codex Mendoza. Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The emperor Moctezuma. N. Mathew, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Arrival of the Aztec tribute collectors. Internet Archive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A group of Mexica priests perform human sacrifice. Diego Durán, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hernán Cortés llegando a Mexico. Vicente Alanís, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mural sobre la Batalla de Centla y la conquista de Tabasco. Alfonsobouchot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hernán Cortés. unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Philip James de Loutherbourg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hernan Cortés lluita amb dos indis. Antoni Gómez i Cros, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The entrance of Hernan Cortés into the city of Tabasco. Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
la entrada de Hernan Cortes en Tenochtitlan. Augusto ferrer dalmau, CC BY-SA 4.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons
Representación de Diego Rivera de la posible apariencia de la ciudad de tenochtitlan anterior a la llegada de los españoles. Diego rivera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
First European map of Tenochtitlan. Friedrich Peypus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Aztec Gold Disc. Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
Reception of Hernando Cortez by the Emporer Montezuma. Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Storming of the Teocalli by Cortez and His Troops. Emanuel Leutze, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Spanish ships at anchor. Sebastian Castro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Pedro de Alvarado. Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, CC BY-SA 4.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons
Toxcatl, Drought, the Fifth Month of the Aztec Solar Calendar. John Carter Brown Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Imagen del códice durán donde se logra ver la masacre del templo Mayor. Autor desconocido, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
River in Moonlight. Aert van der Neer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
During the siege of Tenochtitlan, Hernan cortés nearly escaped capture by aztec warriors. Michel wal, CC BY-SA 3.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons
The sad night. Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Sad Night of Hernan Cortes. Manuel Ramírez Ibáñez (1856-1925), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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