# Matthew Restall

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Exploring The Reality and Legacy of Christopher Columbus

The award-winning author and historian Matthew Restall unpacks Columbus’ enduring cultural and political presence while weaving a new history of the modern world. During a stay in Galicia, Spain, Restall was startled to encounter a local castle claiming to be Columbus’ true birthplace. Locals insis…

Montezuma's Revenge! Debunking the Myth of the Spanish Conquest

For centuries, the story has been told the same way: Montezuma surrendered to Hernán Cortés, and a small band of Spaniards conquered the Aztec Empire. But that story has always seemed a bit ... fishy. To get the TRUE story, Bob calls up historian Matthew Restall to debunk one of the most endurin…

Did Montezuma Surrender? Debunking the Myth of the Spanish Conquest

For centuries, the story has been told the same way: Montezuma surrendered to Hernán Cortés, and a small band of Spaniards conquered the Aztec Empire. But that story has always seemed a bit ... fishy.  To get the TRUE story, Bob calls up historian Matthew Restall to debunk one of the most endurin…

Unmasking Christopher Columbus: Facts, Myths, And The Making Of A Legend

Send us Fan Mail https://www.bookclues.com Tell a friend about CROSS WORD BOOK Podcast-the podcast for the serious reader Think misinformation started with the internet? We rewind five centuries to watch it form in real time. With historian Matthew Restall, we separate the historic Christopher Colu…

Cortés and the Spaniards Come Face to Face with the Aztec

Be sure to visit our website for upcoming merch. If you are interested in the books and sources used for this series, check out my recommended reading list on the website.  https://deadwarriorsociety.com/-----The moment Hernán Cortés set foot on the shores of Mexico, history didn’t just change, it …

Why Did the Aztec Empire Surrender to 500 Conquistadors? (Episode 6)

Visit our website for a full list of books and reading materials as well as upcoming merch. www.deadwarriorsociety.com-----Did Montezuma actually surrender to Cortés, or has one of history’s most consequential encounters been fundamentally misunderstood? In this episode of Dead Warrior Society, we …

Fall of the Aztec Empire

The Aztec Empire was a large and sophisticated one, stretching at its height from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico. But in August 1521, after a last stand on the steps of their temple buildings, the Aztec defenders of Tenochtitlan surrendered to the Spanish forces of Hernán Cortés and his Me…

Juan Garrido: The Free Black African Who Came to Puerto Rico | The History We Were Never Taught

What if one of the earliest documented Black Africans in Puerto Rico did not arrive as an enslaved man? His name was Juan Garrido—an African-born Black man who lived as a free man and participated in Spanish exploration and conquest during the early 1500s. And Puerto Rico was part of his remarkable…