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He gave her to Hernan Cortes, after the capitulation of her country, along with other slaves that he gave him as a gift. Don Hernan Cortes first tasted cacao or 'Xocolatl' (coined by the Aztecs), later renamed 'Chocolatl' (Chocol = hot + atl = water) by the Spaniards, when Emperor Montezuma entertained conquistadors in the early 1520s. On December 12, 1531, just twelve years after Hernan Cortes first set foot on Mexican soil, a miracle happened in Mexico. |
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Hernan Cortes - Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)