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To: Travis McGee
If the Vikings had landed in a place with a milder climate and more hospitable natives...
Cortez was lucky to find a spot where he could land, plus colonization was made possible by their firearms (primitive as they were) which the earlier Vikings had not had.

55 posted on 04/23/2019 11:08:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Actually, there were precious few working firearms along with the early conquistadors. The Spanish military was still very much in the crossbow era.

The biggest advantage enjoyed by Cortez was to land among tribes with a bitter hatred for the Aztecs.


69 posted on 04/23/2019 12:53:56 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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