Hernan Cortes

Conquest Mexico, b. Medellin C. in Spain. 1485; d. He spent 2 December 1547 at Castilleja de la Cuesta near Seville. He married Catalina Xuares for the first time and there was no problem after marriage, and after her death, there was Doña Juanade Zuñiga, the niece of Duke Bejar. There were four children, one son (Martin) and three daughters from this league. His parents are Martín Cortés de Monroy and Catalina Pizarro Altamirano, both belonging to middle class aristocrats, but they are not rich.

The arrival of Hernan Cortes to Mexico was the beginning of the end of the indigenous people. The heritage and influence of Hernan Cortes are signs of compression, destruction, and bloody blood of greed. Since he destroyed the capital of Azteca and its culture, he and his people could gain their wealth. They do not accept the "savage" religious beliefs of local people, so they are constantly changing them. This will also bring smallpox and other foreign plague gifts. His presence only brings harm and historical knowledge to local people.

Hernando Cortes was born in 1485 as a Spanish aristocrat (he is sometimes called Hernan). Cortes is an educated person and has studied law at the University of Salamanca for a while. In 1504, his 19 - year - old Cortez departed to the Spanish Hispaniola colony (modern Haiti and the Dominican Republic). In 1511, Cortez participated in an expedition to conquer Cuba. Then in 1519, Cortes led an expedition to the mainland of Mexico. There were only about 600 men at Hernando Cortes, but he was able to conquer Aztecs. Spaniards have several advantages. They have guns. They also have horses (animals that the Aztecs do not know). The claim that I saw a Spanish cavalry is terrible. Spaniards also have steel armor and weapons (Aztec people do not know about steel). In addition, the Aztecs were hurt by passive attitude towards killing the Spaniards. They want to capture that their enemies will not kill them in battle so they can sacrifice them later. To make matters worse, people dominated by Aztecs hate their owners.