Hernan Cortes destroying his fleet at Veracruz, 1519 Stock Image

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Hernan Cortes destroying his fleet at Veracruz, 1519. Colour lithography painted by Nicholas Eustache Maurin. Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain

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