Hernán Cortés

Hernan Cortes was relentless and persistent with conquering of the Aztecs. He nearly exterminated his own troops in an encounter with the Aztecs known as La Noche Triste. The book centers around three distinct phases in order for Cortes to conquer the indigenous people. There were the Aztec insurgency, Montezuma’s death, and the retreat from Tenochtitlan. Most of the time out numbered in battle, Cortes managed to defeat the Aztecs in less than two years, making it one of the greatest military…

Hernan Cortes and his conquistadors were able to conquer Tenochtitlan. This was due to having superior weaponry beyond known knowledge. The effects of the known epidemic small pox, which overawed the Aztec population . There was a severe shock to the Aztec leadership while leaving an untarnished leadership. This lead to a direct downfall of the Aztec civilisation. This was the end of the first stage of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. Hernan Cortes was building up both alliances and…

Did only a handful of Spaniards led by Hernan Cortes really conquer the great Aztec empire? One might get that idea from reading certain history books but there may be some jokesters who will answer no in order to evoke a good laugh from their audience. Surprisingly the jokesters may be shocked that their “joke” is seriously closer to the truth than they could imagine. The “Spanish” conquest of the Aztec empire was accomplished through a series of “lucky” events and such a large number of allies…

Hernan Cortes was born on December 2, 1485 in Medellin, Castile, Spain. His family was an upper class family, although his parents weren't wealthy. He was born of Spanish nobility. His parents' names were Martin Cortes and Catalina Pizarro Altamira no. At the age of fourteen Cortes`s parents sent to study law at the University of Salamanca. He wasn't happy at school, too restless to follow the rules. He did learn a little Latin, and became good at writing. After two years (failing his course),…

Hernan Cortes may have originally come to Tenochtitlan to convert the Aztecs to Catholicism but, in the process of doing so, killed many of them and the indigenous with the smallpox disease. A year after Cortes’ arrival into the sophisticated city, an African slave who was infected with the disease arrived to serve in Tenochtitlan. Cortes’ men quickly caught the disease and so did the Aztecs; who were unfamiliar with the disease and had no immunity nor cure and therefore died by the thousands.…

beliefs and values that were instilled in them by their home country. This is evident in Hernan Cortes’s account of the Aztec Empire. Sent by the Spanish monarch Charles V, Cortes was meant to find treasure and wealth and bring it back to Spain. During his search for the riches of the New World, Cortes found himself appalled at the traditions and values of the native population. The culture shock that Cortes experienced from the indigenous people of the Aztec Empire had a profound effect on his…

Marina, Malintzin, and Malinche are few of the names given to Hernán Cortes’ personal translator. She was a daughter to a father and mother to the Chiefs of a town called Paynala. When she was a little girl, her father died and her mother gave her away to some people of Xicalango. Then, they gave her away to people of Tabasco who would then end up giving her away to Cortes. She served not only as an interpreter but she also had a son of Cortes who they named Martin. To the Spanish, like Bernal…

If the world would have ended on July 1st, 1520 Hernan Cortes would have lost the battle. He was scared shitless and running for his life. After the Massacre in Cholula, Cortes took Moctezuma captive and ruled through him as a puppet to the entire empire. Cortes here knew how to take charge. I believe he was scared of being killed that he had to take the ruler hostage to make sure his safety was in tacked. The battle techniques Cortes had were new to the natives and they feared the horses since…

The person we chose for our biography profile is Hernán Cortés. We studied this person in American History and he interested us a lot so I talked to my partner and he said he liked him too. In the fall of 1518 he was to command his own trip to Mexico, but his boss canceled it. Despite his boss’s orders he went anyway. He left with more than 500 men and 11 ships. So all in all Hernán Cortés is an all around interesting person. Hernán had a winning record. He almost never lost fights.…

Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador and explorer that traveled from Spain to the New World when he was only 19. In the New World, he commanded just 600 soldiers and was able to conquer the Aztec empire who commanded tens of thousands of men. He was able to perform this astonishing feat by using strategy, ruthlessness, cunning, and an extreme amount of luck. After his conquest in the New World, Cortes became the governor of New Spain. After seven years of being the governor he was appointed…