Was there ever a greater adventurer than Hernán Cortés?

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>be a wealthy man on a developed island and travel already well-worn trade routes to major urban areas as a part of a major military campaign
>adventurer

Fuck off, amigo, real adventurers coming through

>>2285438
>Kit Karson
Kek what a pleb

>>2285291
Vasco de gama

>>2285291
From Spain are Cortés, Pizarro or Juan Sebastián and ofc the Columbus pals

>>2285761

Trek through Apache territory and across the Sonoran and Mojave deserts and say that to my face in real life and watch what fucking happens.

>>2286744
shit tier compared with Marco Polo and nothing compared with the portugueses or the spaniards

>>2286774

>Marco Fucking Polo

>not the first to go any of the places he went, not even the in the first wave or generation of travelers
>not in danger since traveled as royally protected trader during time of peace across well established trade lines
>not for adventure
>lied about his travels to make money
>copied reports from others so can't be sure he saw all that much
>only became famous through marketing of his fake books

Wow, you are legit retarded if you rate Marco Polo in ANY way. Fuck off kid, come back when you've done more reading than just Wikipedia

>>2286812
>not the first to go
neither of these
>not in danger
sure
>lied about his travels
all do the same
>only became famous through marketing of his fake books
well, he bring more the interest to Asia in Europe, isn't like fucking nothing, and compared with travel trougth a desert 400 years after....