Greg Jenner
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So we said promotion, but is this Velázquez sending Cortés off to his death?
Yeah. One person died.
Yeah. One person died.
Once more with feeling. I've got a really good... I reckon this time they'll welcome us, yeah?
Once more with feeling. I've got a really good... I reckon this time they'll welcome us, yeah?
And he founds Veracruz, the first Spanish town in Mexico. He immediately divorces Velázquez from his sort of chain of command, right? He's just like, I founded a town and I answer to the Spanish king and Velázquez is dead to me and everything's fine.
And he founds Veracruz, the first Spanish town in Mexico. He immediately divorces Velázquez from his sort of chain of command, right? He's just like, I founded a town and I answer to the Spanish king and Velázquez is dead to me and everything's fine.
I actually left my wife and children back there, actually.
I actually left my wife and children back there, actually.
OK.
OK.
It's like a rant.
It's like a rant.
He's found it.
He's found it.
Once you've done one crime, you can't go back and go, I'm so sorry.
Once you've done one crime, you can't go back and go, I'm so sorry.
We know he's ambitious. So he's obviously trying to feather his own nest. Tiny bit of trivia that's completely unrelated to the history, but I love it, is that the actor who voiced Cortez in the Road to El Dorado animation also was the voice of Winnie the Pooh.
We know he's ambitious. So he's obviously trying to feather his own nest. Tiny bit of trivia that's completely unrelated to the history, but I love it, is that the actor who voiced Cortez in the Road to El Dorado animation also was the voice of Winnie the Pooh.
I'm just hearing the voice of Winnie the Pooh whenever Cortez speaks. Of course, Winnie the Pooh craves pots of honey. Cortez is after pots of money. So he's off. He's off seeking gold and glory in 1519. And he is going to meet... Melintzin, finally we get our meet cute, except it's not a meet cute, it's a meet yuck, because she is enslaved and he is arriving as a conqueror.