He is famous for his conquest of the Aztecs allying himself with the Indigenous groups that were Aztec's victims of human sacrifices, a practice that stopped after their defeat. In February 1519, Cortés departed for the new world. His mission: to bring Catholicism to the pagan nations of ...
The next year Cortés attacked the capital, and after a three-month siege Tenochtitlán fell (Aug. 13, 1521). With it fell the Aztec empire. As captain general, Cortés extended the conquest by sending expeditions over most of Mexico and into N Central America. In 1524–26, Cortés himself...
B. Lippincott; Hernán Cortés: The Man Behind the Mystique by Nancy Stanley and Sirena Turner at the College of Charleston; Thinkquest article on Cortes; University of Calgary article on THE CONQUEST OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE; Historical Text Archive article by Belinda H. Nanney...
Hernan Cortes And The Fall Of The Aztec EmpireDan Abnett
Hernán Cortés or Hernando Cortés was a conquistador and explorer who overthrew Montezuma II, ruler of the Aztec Empire. He later claimed Mexico for the Spanish Crown. Click for more information and to download our comprehensive worksheet.
In 1522, after finally conquering the Aztec Empire, Cortes received an unexpected visitor: his wife, Catalina Suárez, whom he had left behind in Cuba. Catalina could not have been pleased to see her husband with another woman, but she remained in Mexico anyway. On November 1, 1522, Cortes...
—Promotional language from announcement of upcoming group Hernan Cortes heritage tour of Mexico. When I received the email alerting me that there were only a few spots left on the tour, “The Route of Hernán Cortes: The Collision of Two Empires & the Forging of the New World,” I was ...
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