1. Meeting Hernán Cortés on the Great Causeway

    · Great Causeway (Xolac), Tenochtitlan, Aztec Empire (present-day Mexico City, Mexico)

    Meeting Hernán Cortés on the Great Causeway
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    Moctezuma met Hernán Cortés as the Spaniards entered Tenochtitlan; the leaders exchanged gifts on the causeway. Coordinates mark a representative point on the southern approach to the former island city; the exact meeting point is uncertain.

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