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Life of Hernán Cortes
Borned on 1485 in a Medellin family.
Studied law. Joined Diego De Valazquez to capture Cuba. Became mayor of Santiago He is an explorer. Spanish conquistador . Died on Dec. 2, 1547.
Exploration
Year 1581
I am Velazquez the Cuban governor.
Velazquez gave Cortes the permmision to commend an
expedition to Mexico. Velazquez cancelled the expedition due to Cortes’ ambition and refuse to follow order. Cortes continued his journey even when Velazquez canc
Life of Hernán Cortes
Borned on 1485 in a Medellin family.
Studied law. Joined Diego De Valazquez to capture Cuba. Became mayor of Santiago He is an explorer. Spanish conquistador . Died on Dec. 2, 1547.
Exploration
Year 1581
I am Velazquez the Cuban governor.
Velazquez gave Cortes the permmision to commend an
expedition to Mexico. Velazquez cancelled the expedition due to Cortes’ ambition and refuse to follow order. Cortes continued his journey even when Velazquez canc
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Life of Hernán Cortes
Borned on 1485 in a Medellin family.
Studied law. Joined Diego De Valazquez to capture Cuba. Became mayor of Santiago He is an explorer. Spanish conquistador . Died on Dec. 2, 1547.
Exploration
Year 1581
I am Velazquez the Cuban governor.
Velazquez gave Cortes the permmision to commend an
expedition to Mexico. Velazquez cancelled the expedition due to Cortes’ ambition and refuse to follow order. Cortes continued his journey even when Velazquez canc
Copyright:
Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
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Studied law. Joined Diego De Valazquez to capture Cuba. Became mayor of Santiago He is an explorer. Spanish conquistador . Died on Dec. 2, 1547. I am Exploration Velazquez the Cuban governor. Year 1581
Velazquez gave Cortes the permmision to commend an
expedition to Mexico. Velazquez cancelled the expedition due to Cortes’ ambition and refuse to follow order. Cortes continued his journey even when Velazquez cancel it. Explore Yucatan Year 1519 Sail Westward with 11 ships. Landed at Yucatan Coastline. Learned that Aztec Empire is very wealthy. Decide to advance against the Aztec. At the capital of Tenochtitlan he took Aguilar and a mistress for translating the Aztec and Mayan language. Capital of Tenochtitlan On the way to Aztec he defeated other tribes such as Tlaxcalans. Formed alliances with Tlaxcalans. Created bigger forces with the native. My name is Montezuma I fear Cortes Aztec Empire Montezuma is the Aztec leader. He is feared that Cortes will conquer his land. He tried to stop Cortes by sending him gifts. Montezuma believe that Cortes is the “white god” according to the aztec prophecy. Montezuma offer gifts such as precious stones and feather ware. He ordered his steward to offer Cortes some blood on straw to show respect. Aztec Empire Cortes scared the Aztec by showing them powerful item. Such as… Since the Aztec has no resistant over Cortes, he defeated the Aztec army swiftly. By 1519 – Cortes successfully entered Aztec capital and imprisoned Montezuma. Arresting Cortes In 1520 Velazquez sent Narvaez to arrest Cortes of Cortes’ greed and ambitions. Cortes let Alvarado in charge of his 200 soldiers while he went to capture Narvaez. He successfully captured Narvaez and convinced the survivors to join his force. War Breakout Alvarado treated the Aztec harshly. He ordered a massacre. Foods and drinks were shortage. Open War Breakout Tension rises and Aztecs revolted. Cortes forced Montezuma to persuade his people but instead he was killed by hail of stones and arrows. The Spanish started to flee the city because the Aztec were angry with the dead of Montezuma II. Mexico City 2 years later, Cortes came back to Mexico. He rebuild and bring in more Spanish colonists. He renamed the Aztec city as “ Mexico City”. In 1523, Cortes lost his power and went back to Spain. In 1547, he died in Seville Spain. Thank You