FBI returns stolen Hernán Cortés manuscript to Mexico

A 500-Year-Old Receipt for Supplies to Conquer an Empire Is Returned to Mexico

The document describes payments made for expedition supplies, and was signed by Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztecs.

FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico

US officials did not say who had the 16th-century page that was missing from Mexico’s archives for decadesNearly five centuries after Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés signed it and decades after someone swiped it from a national archives, a priceless manuscript page has been returned by the FBI to Mexico.The document contains a detailed accounting of the logistics related to Cortés’s journey to what eventually became New Spain – a territory th…

FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador to Mexico

The document, signed by Hernán Cortés in 1527, is thought to have been taken over three decades ago.

Hernán Cortés manuscript stolen from archives finally returned

The FBI assisted in the search for the missing document believed to have been stolen between 1985 and 1993

FBI returns stolen Hernán Cortés manuscript to Mexico

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