The Conquest of the Yucatan - Part 3

01/04/24 • 20 min

After finding it such hard going, today the Montejos will finish their conquest. That doesn't mean that it will be easy however, to go forwards they will have to take some more steps backwards.

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After finding it such hard going, today the Montejos will finish their conquest. That doesn't mean that it will be easy however, to go forwards they will have to take some more steps backwards.

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The Conquest of the Yucatan - Part 2

Montejo came back for another go at conquering the Yucatan, and this time he decided to approach it from a different angle.

Would he be any more successful this time?

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