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Bookmark or Share- Cortés & the Fall of the Aztec Empire - World History EncyclopediaLed by Hernán Cortés, the Spaniard's formidable firearms and thirst for treasure would bring devastating destruction and disease.
- How Hernán Cortés Conquered the Aztec Empire | HISTORYHernándo Cortés, Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico, with Moctezuma II, last Aztec emperor, 1519. Hernándo Cortés formed part of Spain’s initial colonization efforts in the Americas. While...
- Hernán Cortés - World History EncyclopediaHernán Cortés (1485-1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico from 1519. Taking the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521, Cortés plundered Mesoamerica as he became the first ruler of the new colony of New Spain.
- Hernán Cortés summary | BritannicaHernán Cortés, later marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, (born 1485, Medellín, near Mérida, Extremadura, Castile—died Dec. 2, 1547, Castilleja de la Cuesta, near Sevilla), Spanish conquistador who won Mexico for Spain. Cortés left Spain for the New World in 1504, joining Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (b. 1465—d. 1524) in the conquest of Cuba (1511).
- Hernan Cortes | Expeditions, Biography, & Facts | BritannicaHernán Cortés (born 1485, Medellín, near Mérida, Extremadura, Castile [Spain]—died December 2, 1547, Castilleja de la Cuesta, near Sevilla) was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519–21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
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