1/ so this morning I was ruminating on Cortez and how he burned his ships behind him to motivate his men... and I was thinking about the complexity of building a ship (even 16th century ships were super high tech, and in an "I, Pencil" sense, no one person knew how to make one).
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9/ This worked ... poorly. The entire city which had already been dubious about the kinda-conquerers and their kinda-negotiated settlement realized that they were, in fact, conquers, and rose up. There was bloodshed. A wee bit.
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10/ several good comments herehttps://twitter.com/moheroy/status/1286704623244455936 …
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Wasn’t he in trouble in Cuba b/c of (allegations regarding) his conduct with the governor’s daughter, or something like that?
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Alvarado was a beast of a man. They don't make dudes like him anymore.
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Alvarado was a sociopath, he later murdered the first bishop of Guatemala, but he was extremely charismatic and insanely brave and well connecred. Cortez needed him not just as a fighter but for political cover back in Spain.
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