Visiting Vera Cruz1946

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[Vera Cruz harbor comes into view]

Narrator:
This is the historic old harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico's chief port of entry and the original starting point of the Spanish conquest. For it was in this locale over four centuries ago that Cortez, with his valiant band of Spanish conquistadores, met the representatives of Moctezuma and later followed them 300 miles inland to the Aztec capital, which is now known as the City of Mexico.