In this brief Hernan Cortez biography, we'll try to learn a bit more about the man who tried to conquer the Aztec empire. In one sense, he did conquer it. In another sense, it lived on in spite of all that Hernan Cortes and his army tried to do. Hernándo Cortés Pizarro was his...
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Hernan Cortes; 1485-1547. Who was Hernán Cortés?Bernal Diaz del Castillowrote about Hernán Cortés in 1568 stating, "He was of good stature and body, well proportioned and stocky, the color of his face was somewhat grey, not very cheerful, and a longer face would have suited him more....
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La Malinche is an indigenous mistress and transitional of conquistador Hernan Cortes.s he has become the representative of female sexuality. She is always guilty of betrayal. In her works, Cisneros talks about the challenging opposition of the virgin and the whore shown by these two figures: “...
Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire (1519–21) and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. The key to his conquests lay in the political crisis within the Aztec empire; Cortes was able to leverage the resentment of many of the s
Montezuma II, ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Montezuma became Cortes’s prisoner in Tenochtitlan. The Spanish claimed Montezuma died at the hands of his own people; the Az
Marina, Mexican Native American princess, one of a group of enslaved women given as a peace offering to the Spanish conquistadors by the Tabascan people (1519). She became mistress, guide, and interpreter to Hernan Cortes. The success of his ventures was