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Hernán: Created by Julián de Tavira, María Jaén, Amaya Muruzábal, Curro Royo. With Óscar Jaenada, Ishbel Bautista, Michel Brown, Víctor Clavijo. The Spanish "Conquistador" Hernán Cortés arrives on the shores of what today is México and faces both local demons and those who've sailed with him.
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- 2019-11-21
- Biography, Drama, History
- Óscar Jaenada, Ishbel Bautista, Michel Brown
Network. Prime Video. Release. 21 November 2019. ( 2019-11-21) Related. Cortés [1] Hernán is a Spanish, Nahuatl, and Maya language historical drama television series co-produced by Televisión Azteca, Dopamine, and Onza Entertainment that became available for streaming worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on 21 November 2019, [1] except in the ...
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- Early Life
- Two Worlds Collide
- Motecuhzoma & La Noche Triste
- The Siege of Tenochtitlan
- Honduras
- Death & Legacy
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano was born in 1485 in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain. His parents belonged to the petty nobility, his father being a hidalgo. Hernán studied law at the University of Salamanca from 1499, but at 19 years old, he decided to leave Spain and try his luck in the Caribbean colonies. After running a plantation on e...
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465-1524), the Governor of Cuba, had already sent several expeditions to explore the mainland coast of America starting in 1517, and these had reported strange ancient stone monuments and brightly dressed natives from whom were bartered fine gold objects. The governor organised another expedition and chose as its leader...
Located on the western shore of Lake Texcoco, the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had over 200,000 inhabitants, making it the largest cityin the Pre-Columbian Americas. It covered some 12-14 km² and was connected to the western shore of the lake and surrounding countryside by three causeways (running north, east, and west), which included gaps traver...
Before reaching the safety of Tlaxcala territory, Cortés first had to win a great battle near Otumba on 7 July, where the Aztecs tried once and for all to wipe out the foreign invaders. After several more campaigns, and receiving reinforcements by sea, several citieswere captured, notably Texcoco on 31 December 1520. Cortés' plan was now to lay sie...
Cortés might have delivered a great prize to the Spanish Crown, but he struggled for recognition in the longer term. Soon tiring of administrating, he returned to exploring and conquest in 1523-4, when he organised an expedition to Honduras led by Cristóbal de Olid (b. 1492). De Olid was a long-time companion of Cortés', but, in league with Diego V...
Cortés next spent time back in Spain, arriving in May 1528 with treasures and 40 Aztecs to wow the court. He persuaded Charles V to grant him great estates in the Americas, the title of Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca, and the right to keep one-twelfth of any wealth he acquired. However, Cortés was already becoming a part of history. The now aged a...
- Mark Cartwright
Jul 4, 2016 · Velasquez was convinced enough by the gold objects, though. The governor organised another expedition and chose as its leader Hernán Cortés. In his fleet of 11 ships went 500 soldiers and 100 sailors, all of them adventurers and treasure-seekers. Hernán Cortés.
- Mark Cartwright
Learn more about what led him to destroy one of the greatest civilizations in human history in this video. After establishing a colony in Mexico, Spanish nobleman Hernán Cortés rallied native...
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Jul 11, 2023 · Five hundred years ago, a flotilla landed on the coast of Yucatán under the command of the Spanish conquistador Hérnan Cortés. While the official goal of the expedition was to explore and to expand the Christian faith, everyone involved knew that it was primarily about gold and the hunt for slaves.
Buy Hernán — Season 1 on Fandango at Home. The Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes arrives on the shores of what today is Mexico and faces both local demons and those who've sailed with him.
