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Upon arriving at the New World, Hernan Cortes destroyed his ships, not by fire, but later myth had him destroying them by fire.
http://www.jstor.org/view/00182133/ap020195/02a00030/0
There might be other historical precedence as well
Upon arriving at the New World, Hernan Cortes destroyed his ships, not by fire, but later myth had him destroying them by fire.
http://www.jstor.org/view/00182133/ap020195/02a00030/0
There might be other historical precedence as well