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Routes of Hernán Cortés |
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| The Spaniard Hernán Cortés led an expedition to Mexico in 1519, sailing from Cuba to land on the eastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula with a tiny fleet of 11 ships. From there he proceeded inland to Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztec Empire. Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, initially welcomed Cortés, whom many thought was a god. Cortés soon imprisoned Montezuma, and by 1521 he had conquered the Aztecs. | ||||||
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| Native Americans of Middle and South America; Exploration, Geographic; Cortés, Hernán | ||||||
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