The Impact of Expectations Upon Marco Polo and Hernan Cortes

Human history is full of the names of bold explorers who have advanced into this great unknown world, but as some of the great heroes of the time appeared in glory. The biggest one is Marco Polo who offered Europeans with little known information about the Far East and the great Spanish conquistor Hernan Cortes, which was admired by breaking the Mexican Empire. These two famous explorers are also ideal case studies for analyzing the impact that expectations, interests and reality will have on these places and people these people encounter in the voyage.

Hernan Cortes was born in Medellín, Extremadura in 1485. Hernan was short stature 5 feet; however, he used his courage and determination to compensate for his lack of stature. Cortes studied law in Spain, then he decided to come to the Americas. Upon arrival, he cooperated with Velazquez to conquer Cuba. They became Mayor of Cuba in 1511. In 1519, Cortes persuaded the Berak (governor) to travel to Mexico. - Hernando Cortez is one of the most brave military leaders in history. Born in Medellin, Spain, he was a Spanish conqueror who conquered the majority of Central America. He also gave Spain control of Mexico for 300 years. Cortez began exploring in the early 1500s. He explores the quest of wealth and conquerors by observing local people. He conquered the Aztec empire with a small army. Cortez went to the University of Salamanca in Spain. He studied at university to learn Latin and law.

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.