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Europe's most powerful monarchs, a New World emperor, two Catholic friars who diverged greatly in their approach to bringing Christianity to the New World: meet some of the people whose actions affected the lives of millions when the New and Old Worlds collided.
People - Bartolomé de Las Casas Bartolomé de Las Casas
People - Charles V Charles V
People - Diego de Landa Diego de Landa
People - Garcilaso de la Vega Garcilaso de la Vega
People - Isabella and Ferdinand Isabella and Ferdinand
People - Lady of Guadalupe Lady of Guadalupe
People - Pachacuti Pachacuti
People - Philip II Philip II
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I will say at the outset that there is only one world and although we speak of the Old World and the New, this is because the latter was lately discovered by us, and not because there are two. -El Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega