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 | | Tlatoani Ahuitzotl, one of the most capable of the Aztec military leaders, died in 1502. |
 | | Before his death, he recommended that the nobles elect as his successor his nephew Moctezuma, known as Xocoyotzin, which means the young man. |
 | | It was then, in April of 1519, that messengers confirmed the rumors: on the Gulf Coast, near Veracruz, strange white men with beards had appeared, traveling in canoes which were as big as houses. |
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