Note 963 — Chapter XXIX · KING-MAKING AND CONVERTING. October-December, 1520.
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Herrera states that hunger caused the land expedition to abandon the vessels some twenty leagues above Almería. The people from the wrecked caravel were taken on board the last vessel. dec. ii. lib. x. cap. xviii. Cortés leaves the impression that both vessels arrived at Villa Rica, perhaps because the one was wrecked so near it. ‘Vn nauio ... y traia sobre sesenta soldados.’ Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 114. This may include the land party, but not the sailors.