<Li> Another such incident was in 1519 AD, during the Spanish conquest of Mexico . Hernán Cortés, the Spanish commander, scuttled his ships, so that his men would have to conquer or die . </Li> <Li> A third such incident occurred after the Bounty mutineers reached Pitcairn Island . </Li> <Li> Two similar stratagems were used during the Chu--Han Contention (206--202 BCE); these have led to Chinese idioms, elaborated below . </Li> <Li> Also mentioned in the Roman myth of Aeneas, who burned his boats after conquering territory in Italy . </Li>

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