Hernán Cortés

South America. Before this time period the Incas were an advanced civilization of people who flourished under kings with institutes for learning, sophisticated calendars, and there own religion and social orders. Many explorers deemed them as savages, cortes calling them ¨horrible and abominable,( DoC 1) Deeming them as savages, for their naive behavior, Pizarro sought to take advantage of them. Enslaving the Incas to tool farmland and the mass rape of women and children are some of the cases…

The exploration and conquest of the Aztec Empire in 16th century lead to destruction and devastation at the hands of Cortez and his conquistadors. Hernan Cortez and his conquistadors landed on the Mexican Coast in 1519, their exploration led them to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. During their travel to city, they encountered the Txlancans, a enemy to the Aztecs and made them allies. They will play a important in the siege of Tenichcihlan. With the use of diplomacy Cortex was able to convince…

Failing Spain The third and final reason why Coronado was evidently villainous is that, although he was adventurous and discovered many natural wonders, his expedition failed to do what it had been meant for, thus failing Spain. People may argue that Coronado, despite his flaws, was actually a great person who’s legacy was to be remembered, as he discovered many prominent features what is now the southwestern United States. Some such aspects were pueblos, buffalo herds, the Colorado Plateau,…

Among the most important of his descendants may be mentioned Gutierre Gomez de Toledo, brother of the 3rd Lord of Valdecorneja, who along with his nephew Fernan Alvarez de Toledo, Count of Alba future were two great figures of Spanish politics of the XV century. Uncle represented the intelligence and skill, while the nephew could devote himself entirely to the military activity with the comfort of knowing that Don Gutierrez cared court in the interests of both, while his military exploits would…

Catalina Pizarro Altamirano was around 20 years old when she gave birth to the man who would later defeat and conquer the entire Aztec Empire. His name was Hernan Cortez. He was a Spanish conquistador whose explorations and conquests led him to great fame. He was born in 1485 in Medellin, a town in Western Spain which is now known as the Castilian province of Extremadura. He was born into an aristocratic family who were fairly well-known due to the fact that his father, Martin Cortez de Monroy…

On December 8th 1531, La Virgen de Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego at the top of the Tepeyac hill. Using Nahuatl, Juan Diego’s native language, she asked that a church be erected in her honor. Juan Diego attempted twice to convince Archbishop Juan de Zumarraga (Archbishop of Mexico from 1530-1548) of the apparition of the virgin; as well he attempted to convince the archbishop to build a church to Honor La Virgen de Guadalupe. Unfortunately, his first two attempts were unsuccessful. As a…

Empress Carlota, or Charlotte, of Mexico was a brave and devoted woman. She was strong, and wanted to fight for her country and husband loyally to the end, no matter what. Carlota was born Marie Charlotte Amelie Augustine Victoire Clementine Leopoldine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on June 7th, 1840. Her parents were King Leopold I of the Belgians and Louise Marie d'Orleans (Mexican 2). Her mother Louise died when Carlota was only ten years old. Carlota was a smart, well-educated young girl…

The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early sixteenth century has been recounted by two primary documents. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain and The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico both share some similarities and differences pertaining to the author's perspective on what truly happened such as the way the Spaniards were welcomed, outlook on culture, and interpretation of the war. This paper will compare both accounts of the encounters between the…

because Cortes and his men had the determination, also the Spanish were more powerful than the Aztecs in combat. Another reason is if Cortes and his men didn’t defeat the Aztecs, the King’s army searching for him would come in contact with them and kill them off if they didn’t convert to Catholic. Also when Cortes attacked, the Aztecs were caught with smallpox and they didn’t have the antidote and weren’t used to it the disease. Smallpox would’ve killed off most of the Aztecs anyway and Cortes…

Francisco Pizzaro- (1474-1541) was a Spanish conquistador he was an obscure adventurer and barbaric cruel man. In 1532, he left Spain for the New World in the wake of early discoveries. Pizzaro, discovered and overthrew the Inca Empire of Peru. Capturing the Inca King Atahualpa, the king trying to negotiate his release for freedom with his gold. Pizarro, agreed that he would release him once the gold was delivered. Pizarro collected the ransom, and ordered for the King to be executed. In 1535…