Catalina Pizarro Altamirano was around 20 years old when she gave birth to the man who would later defeat and conquer the entire Aztec Empire. His name was Hernan Cortez. He was a Spanish conquistador whose explorations and conquests led him to great fame. He was born in 1485 in Medellin, a town in Western Spain which is now known as the Castilian province of Extremadura. He was born into an aristocratic family who were fairly well-known due to the fact that his father, Martin Cortez de Monroy was an officer in the Spanish Army.…
One conflict that occurred in the story was when Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador came with his men to seize control of the Incan Empire. This was a problem because that event marked the end of the Incan’s power. Even though the Spanish conquered the Incan Empire, the Inca’s agriculture still influences people throughout the world. For instance Machu Picchu is known to be one of the greatest achievement of the Incas and is now a tourist attraction.…
In the early fifteen hundred’s a Spanish expedition was sent on a mission to conquer Mexico, and consisted of approximately a dozen ships. Hernán Cortés was one of the most accomplished of the conquistadors in the sixteenth century, and also known throughout the world as the man who defeated the Aztec Empire. By overthrowing the Aztec Empire and their emperor, Moctezuma, Cortes conquered Mexico. Hernán Cortés was eternally known as a man who was rather bold and valiant in his leadership of his soldiers.…
So people were willing to go over to the Americas in search of easy riches like Cortes did. Nobody got as lucky as him and the only person to come close was Francisco…
The Conquering of the Aztecs by Cortez The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most crucial event in history, and the desire to gain wealth transform Hernan Cortez into becoming a famous and influential figure in the 16th century. His intelligence and determination were manifested by the way he made decisions to prepare his army for unexpected attacks. In other words, it was easy for Cortez and his army to conquer the Aztec Empire because of advance weaponry and the advantage of smallpox virus. To begin with, Hernan Cortez was born in a poor family; therefore, he always wanted to be rich, powerful and respected among the people.…
Cortes has been known for his victory over the Aztec Empire, in his search for gold silver and land, the spanish…
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and a conquistador who was involved in the conquests of Central America, Peru and discovered the Mississippi River. Hernando was born in the 1500s in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. In Seville, he married the daughter of his old Patron, Davila a year after returning from Peru. De Soto and his wife never had children together. Even though he had a new wife and a home in Spain, he wanted to do an expedition exploring North America.…
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish explorer conqueror who ventured to the city to Veracruz and into Tenochtitlan, the Aztec empire’s capital. After forming alliances with the enemies of the Aztec empire, he took advantage of Aztec’s weaknesses and conquered the capital in 1521 (Spanish). Artifact 9 shows an event in Spanish conquest where the Spanish, along with their allies, punished an Aztec tribe for hanging a Spaniard (Mexico). Hernan Cortes thought that the Aztecs were barbarians because of their human sacrifice rituals and decided to capture Montezuma, ruler of Tenochtitlan. Through battle, even though Montezuma was killed, the Spaniards were greatly outnumbered, so the Aztecs were able to keep their land, even though Spanish conqueror Cortes escaped.…
Not yet content with his riches, de Soto became determined to explore the New World. King Charles V requested that de Soto conquer La Florida, and named him governor of Cuba, making that his headquarters. He set sail sometime in 1538, landing on the banks of Tampa Bay in May 1539. The mighty army set off to explore Florida and soon crossed the Ocala River and made their way to the area where Gainesville is located today. Hernando de Soto was stopped, however, by Vitachuco, the ruler of the area.…
He said he would come back in the year of One Reed. When the year of One Reed arrived, Hernan Cortes landed on Aztec land searching for gold, glory, and god. The people had thought he was their god from before returning since he was white and had a beard. However, they needed to make sure he was their returned god. They challenged him to a battle for reassurance.…
Hernan Cortez was an ambitious conquistador who embarked from Cuba with 600 men on a trip to what is now present day Mexico. He later came across the Aztec Empire and was able to take over the vast empire and took them of their fortunes. Francisco was a very sly and clever conquistador. 1532 He played the Inca against each other and conquered their empire by 1533.…
These letters written by Hernan Cortes who was a Spaniard conquistador who first conquest of Cuba and thereafter turn his head to the Mexico to conquest as well. In 1519 he sorted out attack of Mexico. Thereafter, he arrived in Mexico on April 22, 1519. By 1521, he had taken all the control of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan ( Mexico City ).After his conquest of Mexico , Spanish chroniclers offered him to write what he saw in Mexico, thereafter he had to write these letters to show what he see in Mexico.…
While the idea that the arrival of Europeans to “The New World” brought upon the indigenous cultures of America no small amount of strife and misery, as well as fame and fortune upon the Spanish is widely accepted as fact, there is limitless dissention among historians about the true history of the conquest of “New Spain”. One event that exemplifies this dissention is that of the Siege of Tenochtitlan. In the following analysis I will describe and discuss two conflicting accounts that document this occasion (The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico and The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz). The accounts are conflicting in the way each author presents certain events of the siege and manipulates them to represent their…
Fall of Aztec Empire For many years now, historians have pondered upon the many reasons for the fall of the Aztec Empire. There have been many factors that played into the fall of the Empire, such as the diseases plaguing the population, the Spaniard’s technological advantages, religious rivalries, alliances, and the list goes on. But to focus on two of the major contributors, this essay will focus on the effects of European diseases on Mexico, and the impact alliances between the Spaniards and the Tlaxcala people had on Tenochtitlan. To begin our observations, we will delve into the life of a man named “Hernan Cortés”. Hernan Cortés was a Spanish Conquistador, and one of the driving forces in the fall of the Aztec Empire through the capture of Tenochtitlan and of the then leader Motecuhzoma II.…
In 1519, Spanish explorers, under the leadership of Hernán Cortés, set foot on what is now modern-day Mexico in search of gold and land in the Aztec Empire. Although the Spanish initially had no intentions (or orders from Cuban governor Diego Velásquez for whom they made the voyage) to colonize the Aztec Empire, they sought to communicate with the inhabitants and spread their Christian faith. However, the end of 1521 saw the mighty Aztec Empire practically cease to exist, its emperor Montezuma II join the many victims of the conquest, and the survivors put under the rule of the Spanish. A variety of factors came into play regarding the Spanish’s ability to conquer this mighty empire, including the ability to communicate verbally, the religious beliefs of both peoples, and the devastating effect of disease on the Aztec empire.…