Hernan Cortes — "It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of thi…"
It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before.
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From his letters, expressing profound wonder and the limits of language in the face of the truly new upon encountering Tenochtitlan.
Date: c. 1520 (describing Tenochtitlan)
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