Hernando Cortes
Hernando Cortes
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Marquis of the Valley of Oaxacawas a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas...
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth2 December 1485
CityMedellin, Spain
war firsts glimpse
It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before...
war arrows stones
They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us...
heart historical gold
We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.
heart suffering gold
I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.
burial chapel dedicated particular pay places towers
All these towers are the burial places of the nobles, and every chapel in them is dedicated to a particular idol, to which they pay their devotions.