Ep 8: Tabasco Part 6: Charge of the Thirteen
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What happened to Juan de Grijalva on his voyage to Mexico? Who are the Thirteen and what did they do? Which famous figure in history did Cortez pick up from Xicalango? What happened with Diego de Velazquez and his dreams of conquest? What is a Tepustle? What and when is Lady Day? And how did the Chocoh's of Potonchan's second meeting with the Spanish fare? All these questions and many more as we peek into the beginnings of the Colonial Period in Mexico and witness the territorial origins of the state of Tabasco. 
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