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Hernán Cortés, the famous conqueror of Mexico, enters Moctezuma's chambers with the interpreter Doña Marina and three or four of his captains, and - with authority and resolve - orders that shackles be placed on him, 1858. Episode from the conquest of Mexico in 1519. The protagonists of the scene are: Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés (1485-1547); Moctezuma II (1466-1520), Aztec emperor 1502-1520; Doña Marina, "La Malinche" (c1502-c1529), indigenous collaborator and interpreter in the service of Hernán Cortés.