Life: 1492 - 1585
Birthday: 1492
Death: 1585
And when we saw all those cities and villages built in the water, and other great towns on dry land, and that straight and level causeway leading to Mexico, we were astounded.
source: Bernal Diaz del Castillo (2003). “The Conquest of New Spain”, p.234, Penguin UK
topic: War, Land, Cities, Dry Land, Astounded