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    Hernán Cortés

    Spanish conquistador

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  1. May 20, 2021 · How Hernán Cortés Conquered the Aztec Empire. Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521—but was defeated less than two years after the arrival ...

  2. Nov 9, 2009 · Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés (c. 1485-1547) is best known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain.

  3. Jul 26, 2023 · July 26, 2023, 8:42 AM PDT / Source: The Associated Press. By Associated Press. BOSTON — A nearly 500-year-old manuscript signed by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés in 1527 has been ...

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  5. Dec 18, 2018 · Exclusive: New clue surfaces in underwater hunt for conquistador’s lost ships. Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico 500 years ago and toppled the last Aztec king. Now a new discovery may help solve ...

  6. Dec 31, 2019 · After 500 years, Cortés still looms large on both sides of Atlantic. Invoked by politicians in Mexico and Spain, the conquistador remains divisive. Sam Jones in Medellín and David Agren in ...

  7. Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (/ ɛər ˈ n ɑː n k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ s / air-NAHN kor-TESS; Spanish: [eɾˈnaŋ koɾˈtes ðe monˈroj i piˈθaro altamiˈɾano]; December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and ...

  8. Nov 10, 2019 · An artistic rendering of the retreat of Hernán Cortés from Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital, in 1520. The Spanish conquistador led an expedition to present-day Mexico, landing in 1519.