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    article Cortés, Hernán. The letters by Cortés, in which Cortés describes the events related to the conquest of Mexico Genealogy of Hernán Cortés Origin...
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  • Martín Cortés (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈtiŋ koɾˈtes]; c. 1522 – c. 1595) was the first-born son of Hernán Cortés and La Malinche (doña Marina), the...
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    place between 1519 and 1521, this event saw the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, and his small army of European soldiers and numerous indigenous allies...
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    Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. She was one of 20 enslaved women given to the Spaniards in 1519 by the natives of Tabasco. Cortés chose her as a consort...
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  • the 500th anniversary of the Fall of Tenochtitlan and revolves around Hernán Cortés (Óscar Jaenada) from his arrival at the Mexican coast until the defeat...
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    Press. ISBN 9780806129501. Cortés, Hernán (1866) [16th century]. de Gayangos, Pascual (ed.). Cartas y relaciones de Hernan Cortés al emperador Carlos V [Letters...
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  • Club Deportivo Hernán Cortés is a football team based in Hernán Cortés [es], Don Benito, Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The club...
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  • Doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma (c. 1528 – before 1594) was the out-of-wedlock daughter of Hernán Cortés, conquistador of Mexico, and Doña Isabel Moctezuma...
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    Carta de relación) of Hernán Cortés to the Emperor Carlos V is one of five letters written by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to the emperor Carlos...
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    de Mendoza, warned Cortés on 4 September 1534, "not to confront he who had requisitioned his ships", a warning which Hernán Cortés ignored, claiming that...
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  • Martín Cortés y Zúñiga, 2nd Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (1532–1589) was the son and designated heir of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés by his...
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    population to the gods.[citation needed] In 1519, explorers such as Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and made observations of...
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    The Palace of Cortés (Spanish: Palacio de Cortés) in Cuernavaca, Mexico, built between 1523 and 1528, is the oldest conserved virreinal-era civil structure...
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    doublet. Later, on March 12, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived. Cortés, unlike Grijalva, was received by the natives in a warlike fashion...
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  • Second relation letter from Hernán Cortés to emperor Charles V is one of the five Letters of relation written by Hernán Cortés to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor...
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    Domingo, Cuba, and Puerto Rico as their main bases. From 1519 to 1521, Hernán Cortés led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, ruled by Moctezuma II...
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    and other lowland groups in the Petén Basin were first contacted by Hernán Cortés in 1525, but remained independent and hostile to the encroaching Spanish...
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    landing of Hernán Cortés in 1519 to be Quetzalcoatl's return. This view has been questioned by ethno-historians who argue that the Quetzalcoatl-Cortés connection...
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    Chontal Maya in the Battle of Centla against Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés on March 14, 1519. Tabscoob's administration maintained commercial ties...
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    The Monument to Hernán Cortés is an instance of public art dedicated to Hernán Cortés, conqueror of the Aztec Empire, erected in his native town of Medellín...
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    Medellín Castle The bridge Hernán Cortés statue Monument to Hernán Cortés (Medellín) List of municipalities in Badajoz Hernán Cortés Conquistador Municipal...
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    wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. Cortés' expedition...
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  • The Road to El Dorado (category Cultural depictions of Hernán Cortés)
    accidentally stow away on one of the ships to be led by conquistador Hernán Cortés for the New World. At sea, they are caught and imprisoned and are condemned...
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    on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya. In 1519 Hernán Cortés rescued Aguilar and engaged him as a translator during the Spanish conquest...
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    extensive negotiations between local factions and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. He was aided by La Malinche, his interpreter and companion, and by...
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    viceroy was killed in 1546. In Mexico, Don Martín Cortés, the son and legal heir of conqueror Hernán Cortés, and other heirs of encomiendas led a failed revolt...
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    and allied forces led by the Cihuacoatl Matlatzincátzin and those of Hernán Cortés made up of the Spanish conquerors and Tlaxcalan allies. It took place...
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  • Hernán Cortés and Aztec leader Moctezuma II. The film was written with intent of having Martin Ritt direct and Kirk Douglas play the role of Cortés....
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    Empire, Hernán Cortés, since the King worried he was becoming too powerful. As Governor of Pánuco, Guzmán cracked down hard on the supporters of Cortés, stripping...
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    forces of Pánfilo de Narváez and the forces of Hernán Cortés, which were supported by Chinantec warriors. Cortés was leading a semblance of an expedition in...
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