Cortés
Aztec Empire's destroyer
Cortés is a Spanish surname, most famously borne by Hernán Cortés, the conquistador who led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early sixteenth century.
The name appears frequently in discussions of colonialism and the Spanish conquest of the Americas: Cortés landed on the Mexican coast in 1519.
Defeating and seizing control
- conquistadorSpanish colonial soldier-explorer
- TenochtitlanAztec empire's central city
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- MoctezumaAztec emperor during conquest
expedition · colonization · encomienda · soldier · armor · cavalry · crossbow · harquebus
The years 1500-1599
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
- colonialOf occupied territories
- MexicoNorth American southern nation
- legacyWhat's passed down
controversy · statues · commemoration · debate · revisionism · historiography · primary sources · letters
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- conquistadorSpanish colonial soldier-explorer
- TenochtitlanAztec empire's central city
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
Moctezuma · expedition · colonization · encomienda · soldier · armor · cavalry · crossbow · harquebus · invasion
sixteenth-century
The years 1500-1599
- Spanish EmpireHistorical Iberian colonial power
- colonialOf occupied territories
- MexicoNorth American southern nation
legacy · controversy · statues · commemoration · debate · revisionism · historiography · primary sources · letters · reports
discovery
Act of finding something
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- CubaCaribbean island country
Veracruz · landing · coast · ships · navigation · scuttling · fleet · journey · route · mapping
Baja
Northwestern Mexican peninsula
waters · coastline · namesake · cartography · Pacific · exploration · geography · landmark
Cortésdiplomat
Official foreign representative
cultural ambassador · peacemaker · ambassador · missionary · explorer
Cortésliberator
One who frees others
humanitarian · Simón Bolívar · Mahatma Gandhi · abolitionist