The Lost Empires of the Modern World Essays in Imperial History
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His family were not noble, but they were reputable folk, his father being an officer in the army. Hernando was a youth much addicted to gallantry, and the scrapes that he got into rather scandalized his respectable parents. His last escapade severely lamed him for the time, and prevented him leaving for the New World with the expedition of Ovando. After all, he began life early, for he was only nineteen years of age when he left 106 LOST EMPIRES OF THE MODERN WORLD Spain for Hispaniola in the s...earch for gold, without a clear idea of how he was going to get it much as men leave England now for Buluwayo. He landed, and presented him- self at Government House. The Governor was on tour, and Cortez was received by the Private Secretary, who welcomed him with the kindness always shown by private secre- taries to young gentlemen on their travels who are properly presented. Cortez knew Ovando at home, so the secretary was especially polite, and assured him that he would have no difficulty in obtaining a grant of land, and Indians to work it.
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