Hernán Cortés

During its height in 1519, the Aztec Empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf coast and from central Mexico to present-day Guatemala. The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan became a mighty metropolis with its advanced technological innovations. New technologies such as Chinampas or “floating gardens” for growing crops, aqueducts carrying fresh water, transportation canal systems, great causeways, large temples and buildings, and a coordinated administration allowed Tenochtitlan to flourish…

impression through his narrative that Spaniards were devoted to religion. In fact, according to Diaz (1517), once they settle in the Aztec territory Cortes told the chiefs from the Tabasco community about their holy faith, that they were Christians and that they deify one true and only god. Interestingly, the Mayas got admired by their traditions and asked Cortes to leave their image of the Mother of…

“Why were the outnumbered Spanish conquistador able to easily defeat the Native Americans of South and Central America? what was the reasons? what did the spanish did to be on the top of the war? Even though the spanish were outnumbered by Native Americans the Spanish were able to defeat the Native American easily.There are four important reasons the make this thing happen.” The first reason that the outnumbered Spanish won the battle was that Spanish gathered together to other…

Based on the presentations of Cortés’ and Pizarro’s conquests, I would have preferred to have been involved in Cortés’ expedition over Pizarro’s because Cortés’ willpower and determination were to be greatly admired. His drive to conquer was his defining characteristic, with his famous burning of the boats a symbol that can resonate even in today’s context. He was the most notable of the early Spanish conquistadors, conquering arguably the most difficult of the three ancient Latin American…

was an indigenous woman that translated for Hernando Cortés in the meetings he had with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma, and claimed she didn’t really want to, but her actions speak otherwise. I found it interesting that Malinztin basically worked her way to the top from starting out as a slave to becoming the term “Malinche”, which she…

The story of Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate, like most historical figures requires that you examine his impact from multiple points of view. Juan de Oñate viewed from the side of Hispanic Americans is that he was a fearless explorer, irreplaceable in the history of their people in the region and the building of the American West. For the indigenous peoples, Juan de Oñate was not only representative of Spain, its explorers, and all of the atrocities committed, but also for being…

Why did spain settle St.Augustine? Do you know why Spain settled in St. Augustine? I found this information from documents A,B,C and D. Why did Spain move and claim St. Augustine? Why did Spain settle St. Augustine? In this document it will begin with treasure then religion and colinisationation at last. St. Augustine was a great place for Spain to settle and store treasures. The Spanish fleets used two ships to transport the treasure to St. Augustine. A large ship to to transport the…

By contrasting their religious practices he is more able to show them as savages worthy of conquest. By making it sound like an easy and fruitful conquest, Cortes would ensure that the royal family invested more resources into their overseas colonies. The Aztec made many enemies. Cortes capitalized on this by pitting natives against natives. He also used psychological warfare and scared the Aztec with his horses and gunshots. Montezuma cooperated with the Spanish in many…

travelled west to spread his religion in India, but ended up to America and met Native Americans. On the other hand, Hernan Cortes had a selfish reason for his voyage and wanted to get the world’s riches and let greed consume him. Two traveler and they were both faced with different situations. In comparison, both Native Americans and the Aztecs accepted Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes with open arms. Christopher Columbus writes, “As I saw that they were very friendly to us…they could…

he practiced human sacrifice. This facilitated Cortés attack on Montezuma; Cortés had help from local natives that wanted to see Montezuma dead. Night of Tears June 30, 1520 Cortes lost a lot of Spanish and Native Indian men that night as a war broke out. Cortes was being insubordinate to Cuba governor and would not return to Cuba. This caused governor Velasquez to attack Cortes. Cortes left Lutenant Alvarez in charge while Cortes left Tenochtitlan, Alvarez made a big mistake by killing…