Hernán Cortés' fleet leaving the port of Santiago de Cuba, 18th November 1518 (1771). Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465-1524) had the intention of ceasing Hernán Cortés. In anticipation of this punishment Hernán Cortés' fleet left the port of Santiago de Cuba n haste. From "Historia de la Conquista de México, población, y progresos de la América septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva España" (History of the Conquest of Mexico, population, and progress of northern America, known by the name of New Spain), written by Antonio de Solís y Rivadeneryra (1610-1686), "Chronicler of the Indies", Vol I, edition published in Barcelona and divided into two volumes, 1771. King's printer: Thomas Piferrer.
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