Hernando Cortes


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Noun1.Hernando Cortes - Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)Hernando Cortes - Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
Cortes, Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez, Hernando Cortez
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In the traditional story of the conquest of Mexico, as told by the conquistadors themselves, the brilliant strategist Hernando Cortes and a small, valiant band of Spanish conquistadors marched into the capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan (where Mexico City now stands), on November 8, 1519.
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When Hernando Cortes appeared in Mexico in 1519, he and his conquistadores were welcomed by the native Tiaxcala confederacy of tribes.
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