/u/HernanCortesdeMonroy's posts in /r/askhistorians
AITA for defying the Cuban governor, setting up a colony to grant me the position of adelantado, going on to conquer an entire kingdom, and exaggerating the cultural practices of the natives in the hope I could justify my actions, retain my riches, and avoid being tried and executed for my crimes?
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