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Bartolomé de las Casas, also known as the “Apostle of the Indians,” was an early Spanish historian, Spanish Catholic priest, and Dominican missionary, who was the first to expose the oppression of native peoples by Europeans in the Americas. Written in 1528, his document titled “History of the Indies” which took place in Hispaniola outlined the appalling treatment of Indians and the greed and cruelty of the Spanish. Since then, the original document has been translated from Spanish to English.…

Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conqueror and explorer who was recognized for defeating the Aztec empire as well as conquering the land of Mexico and claiming it for Spain. Born in 1485 in his hometown Medellin, Spain, He lived with his father, Martin Cortes, and his mother Catalina Pizarro Altamirano. His guardians were poor members of the lower nobility class. Hernan set sail to the new world at the age of 19.[1]. Cortes conquered the land of Cuba in 1511. In the year of 1518, Velázquez, an…

Over five hundred years ago, cleric Diego de Landa approached an abandoned society lost in the jungles of Central America. His findings led him to make assumptions of these people he marked as savages. De Landa denounced these people as “idolatry, divorce, sacrificial, and slave traders” (qtd. in Gibson 13). Nearly three centuries after de Landa’s account, the U.S explorer John Lloyd Stephens noted his discovery of an altar among the ruins of a Central American city called Copán, with the…

Charles V Today we are gathered to remember Brother Bartolome Arrazola, and his righteous work as a conquistador. Although we are all still reeling from his untimely death, we must move forward to preserve his memory. Arrazola devoted his life to the redemption of the Mayans. We must never forget that those savages are the ones who took his life, and continue our work to save them from their sins, so we all can rejoice in or Holy Father’s creation. This being said, so many of them are beyond our…

Spanish conquistadors should not be glorified after all the historical events that have taken place. The Spaniards caused massacres that killed thousands of people. The Spanish had a harsh social class structure with unfair classification and judgment. The Spanish also really wanted wealth and growth of their culture and population. The Spanish conquistadors should not be glorified, the Aztecs would kill others as a sacrifice to the gods they believed in. Similarly, “The Spaniards…

Aztecs Being Conquered by the Spanish and Cortes Sara Cabrera History 20 Leann King The Spanish and Hernan Cortes are very important throughout history. Conquering the Aztecs was very important to Cortes, who was captain. Him and his soldiers planned and landed in Mexico in 1519; with 550 men, sixteen horses, and ten cannon. Hernan Cortes was a soldier in the expedition of Cuba that was led by Diego Vasquez and then later they sent him to Mexico and they were…

Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno was a navigator and he was a talented explorer who was very talented. He was very kind and he was trustworthy he thought of himself a great. His birthdate was April 6 1560. He then died 1602. He was born in Sesimbra Portugal. He was born there but soon moved to go have fun and explore everywhere. Cermeno has a lot of character traits including: Brave, courageous, adventurous, hardworking responsible, humble, encouraging,…

Document Analysis of Bartolome De Las Casas’ A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Who wrote this text and what was his role in society? The author of this text is Bartolome De Las Casas, who was born in Sevilla, Spain 1484, to a family who were merchants and farmers . Coming from a wealthy family Bartolome had the opportunity to study Latin from the age of nine, these studies continued for five years while his father was away . When his father returned in 1498, Bartolome expressed…

Aztecs and Spaniards Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico By: Colby Bryant This book is about the Aztecs and how they came to be. It's amazing how far we’ve come and how we evolved to the people we are today with government and knowledge. It was a lot different back then, especially with the Aztecs. They believed in a lot of different things like: religion, government, parenting styles, etc. It was a very hard, and rough time to be alive in for everybody. People from other countries would travel…

How the Spanish Conquered the “New World” In this essay, I will argue that the most important advantage that the Spanish had that made their conquests successful were the alliances they made with the native people of the America's. Matthew Restall, author of Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest writes about the crucial alliance Cortés makes with the Tlaxcalan people. "As these Tlaxcalans rightly judged, with Spanish assistance, they would be able to destroy the Mexica Empire and its capital…