Cortes was born in the city of medellin in 1485. Cortez and la malinche meet moctezuma ii.
Tenochtitlan entrance of hernan cortes.
Hernan cortes voyage route. November 8 1519. Route legacy. The key to cortes s conquests lay in the political crisis within the aztec empire.
This facsimile published c. He was born to a poor but noble family in 1485. Click on the world map to view an example of the explorer s voyage.
He did learn a little latin and became good a writing. Hernan died in castille spain december 2nd 1547 at the age of 62. 1485 december 2 1547 was a spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the aztec empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland mexico under the rule of the king of castile in the early 16th.
The aztecs were bitterly resented by many of the subject peoples who had to pay tribute to them. Then he sailed to mexico to conquer the aztec indians. King charles the fifth made it possible for hernan to go to the new world.
When he arrived the aztecs thought he is their god so they treated him nicely. Hernando cortes sailed to cuba and made friends with their governor. Hernan cortes was born 1485 in medellin spain.
First he went to the island of santo domingo in 1504 now know as the dominican republic. How to use the map. Spain to cuba then cuba to tenochtitlan mexico.
Interview between cortez and the embassadors of montezuma history of hernando cortez 1855 from the library at the mariners museum f1230 c8 a1. Hernan cortes spanish conquistador who overthrew the aztec empire 1519 21 and won mexico for the crown of spain. Hernan cortes was a spanish conquistador who defeated the aztecs in only three months.
Hernán cortés de monroy y pizarro altamirano 1st marquess of the valley of oaxaca k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ s. Website to look at link. After opening the map click the icon to expand voyage information.
Hernán cortés was a spanish conquistador who explored central america overthrew montezuma and his vast aztec empire and won mexico for the crown of spain. At the age of 14 hernan s parents sent him to the university of salamanca to study law but he wasn t happy at school. Eɾˈnaŋ koɾˈtes ðe monˈroj i piˈθaro.
When he was young he studied law he soon gave that up to find his fortune in the new world that was just being discovered. Hernando cortes sailed from spain to the caribbean and then eventually to mexico where he went on to conquer the aztec empire.
