FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico
US officials did not say who had the 16th-century page that was missing from Mexico’s archives for decadesNearly five centuries after Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés signed it and decades after someone swiped it from national archives, a priceless manuscript page has been returned by the FBI...
<p>US officials did not say who had the 16th-century page that was missing from Mexico’s archives for decades</p><p>Nearly five centuries after Spanish conquistador <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/hernan-cortes-mexico-spain-atlantic">Hernán Cortés</a> signed it and decades after someone swiped it from national archives, a priceless manuscript page has been returned by the FBI to Mexico.</p><p>The document contains a detailed accounting of the logistics related to Cortés’s journey to what eventually became New Spain – a territory that stretched from Central America to modern-day Washington state.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/hernan-cortes-document-mexico">Continue reading...</a>
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