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Cortes

A warrior in the mould of Ulysses, Cortés was cunning, imaginative and breathtakingly audacious. The flaws in his personality were complementary: deceit, hypocrisy … and a conscience that strove to square the love of God with the love of gold. He led his men – numbering just 500 – in one of the most amazing marches in history through the jungles and across the mountains of Mexico to confront and destroy one of the greatest, and bloodiest, civilisations of the New World. It would ultimately be years before Cortés defeated the Aztecs. And only with the help of a terrible disease, smallpox, which decimated the population. But he will always be remembered as the man who laid siege to an empire with 500 men and achieved immortality as one of the great conquistadors.

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  • Originally Aired March 15, 2008
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network BBC One
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created July 5, 2018 by
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  • Modified January 7, 2023 by
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Name Type Role
Andrew Grieve Writer
Ramon Tikaram Guest Star
Andrew Howard Guest Star
Niall MacGregor Guest Star
T.J. Ramini Guest Star
Vineeta Rishi Guest Star
Alec Newman Guest Star
David Maybrick Guest Star
Nicholas Shaw Guest Star
Andrew Grieve Director