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Did Cortez really land in Darien? I thought that was the site of the ill-fated Scottish attempt at setting up a colony.
by phreeza 2y ago
Did Cortez really land in Darien? I thought that was the site of the ill-fated Scottish attempt at setting up a colony.
- DiscourseFan 2y agowho gives a shit
- farleykr 2y agoNot a fan of discourse?
- DiscourseFan 2y agoI'm sick, so forgive me. But also, like, its a poem. I mean, of all the things to nitpick, the historical accuracy of poetry is probably the most banal.
- phreeza 2y agoIt wasn't meant as a nitpick, I was curious. The other reply was actually interesting.
- sdeer 2y agoIt was Balboa who led the first European expedition across isthmus of Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean and claimed it (yes,the whole Ocean) for Spain. Cortez to my knowledge never set foot in Panama. The Scottish colony was much later.
- snakeboy 2y agoTrue, but "stout Cortez" sounds better than "stout Balboa" ;)