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| The Spanish Main was the name given to the New World land seized by Spain in the late16th century. This territory stretched from northern California to the tip of South America. They contained the treasure of the Aztec and Inca peoples and the silver mines of Peru and ecuador. Plundering this enormous wealth, the Spanish began shipping this fortune through the Caribbean and back across the Atlantic to Spain. The value of the cargo exceeded man's wildest dreams. When Sir Francis Drake raided Nombre de Dios in 1572 he seized 15 tons of gold and thousands of pieces of eight! Not suprisingly, the region was soon swarming with the likes of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and a host of many other notorious pirates. |
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| In 1519 Hernan
Cortes landed in Mexico with 600 soldiers and 16 horses. The native inhabitants were no
match for the invaders, who were tough, professional solders, armed with muskets, swords,
and crossbows. They swept aside all opposition and marched into the Aztec capital of
Tenochtitlan. Cortes took the emperor Montezuma hostage and ransacked the great city of
its fabulous treasure. During the next three years he effectively destroyed the Aztec
empire and gave Spain access to a source of unimaginable wealth. |
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