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Hernán Cortés 1485 - 1547
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Image above:
Hernan Cortes.
Detail from an engraving by W. Holl. Library of
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Hernan Cortés, also spelled Cortéz, was the
Marqués del Valle
de Oaxaca.
Hernan was Spanish and became Spain's
great conquistador. Cortes (Cortez) conquered Mexico.
He defeated the
Aztec empire and turned
Mexico into a Spanish dominion.
CORTES SHOWING
MONTEZUMA WHERE HE WANTS
HIS AZTECS TO BE, NAMELY GONE
Painting After Gallo Gallina
Here is a map of Cortes' route from
Santiago de Cuba to Vera Cruz from November 1518 to April 1519:
ROUTE OF CORTES
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And here is Cortes route from Vera Cruz to Mexico, April - November
1519.
1519-1521 The Conquest of
Mexico
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