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hernan cortes
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Hernan Cortes was born in 1485 in a town called Medellin in Extremadura. ...
On February 19, 1519 Cortes set sail west from Cuba even though Velasquez cancelled his pay because of suspicion that Cortes would find himself independent and refuse to take order. Cortes took with him about 600 men, less than 20 horses, and 10 field pieces. Cortes sailed along the east coast of Yucatan and in March 1519 landed in Mexico. Cortes neutralized the town of Tabasco. ... From these people of Tabasco Cortes learned about the Aztecs and their ruler Montezuma II.
Cortes took lots of captives one of which they baptized and renamed Marina. ... Cortes did what Velasquez that he would do, and abandoned the authority of everybody except the king and queen. Cortes was a strategical thinker and destroyed his group of vessels in order to prevent small forces from opposing him and returning to Cuba to tell Velasquez.
At about this time Cortes started his famous march inland even after negotiations with Montezuma. Montezuma tried to persuade Cortes not to enter the capital city of Tenochtitlan but Cortes was good at not following directions. Cortes overcame the native tribe Tlascalans. ... Because of this prophecy Cortes was believed to be a god and was received with honor. ... Despite the friendly reception giving to the Spanish, Cortes had reason to believe that there would be attempts to drive them out of the city. ... While Cortes was doing this Velasquez dispatched an expedition under the Spanish soldier Panfilo de Narveas to Mexico.
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Title: hernan cortes
Words: 1251
Rating: None
Pages: 5
submitted by: lildover
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