Hernan Cortes
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that conquered the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century.
Landing in Mexico in 1519 with a small force, he formed alliances with indigenous groups hostile to Aztec rule and captured the capital Tenochtitlan by 1521.
His name represents Spanish colonial conquest in the Americas: Cortés and his men brought smallpox along with their swords.
- Christopher ColumbusNavigator who found the Americas
- QuetzalcoatlAztec feathered serpent god
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- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
- Spanish conquestIberian imperial expansion westward
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- ConquistadorsCortes, Pizarro, Balboa, Coronado, Alvarado
Hernan CortesSimón Bolívar
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