Conquest of Mexico. Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) destroying his fleet at Vera Cruz in 1519. Romantic depiction about the arrival of the Spaniards in Mexico, inspired by the opera "Hernan Cortes" by G. Spontini. Lithography. Drawing, first half of the 19th century, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin (1799-1850).

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