"[U]nlike who most probably travelled to Portugal on his own, was enslaved... acquired... by the Portuguese... and... sent... to Mexico. In Mexico City, he was purchased by ... a cousin of Hernan Cortes. ...[H]e was baptized and given the name "Juan Valiente" and accompanied Alonso Valiente as a servant back to Spain."

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