2nd+Period+-+Hernan+Cortes

=2nd Period - Hernan Cortes= By:Logan C



Date of birth:1485

Location of birth:Medellin Spain

Parents’ names:Martin Cortes de monroy

Family background:when Cortes was 18 he saild for the island of Hispaniola, then he spaish headquarters in the west. Cortes was a spanish conquitions who conquered the vast aztac empire in central Amirica. He was one of the major figers in the history of the amircans .Cortes thought of camping in Italy.

Date of death: December 2,1547

Location of death/grave:in Castilleja de ia cucast

Education: when Cortes was14 he was sent to the unaversaty of Salamanca to study law,but after 2 yers he left to seek adventor and weaith he also went to collge to read grammer but poor health forced him to discontinue his substance to study law.

Career:Cortes was a spanish explorer .In 1504 Cortes saild for santo Domingo .In 1523 Cortes was named governor and captain genarl of new world and he ended up in Hispaniola. Cortes became mayer of santiago de cuba and stayed there intil 1518,by Agust 1517 Corteswas ready to march inland to the Atezc capital of Tenachtilan.

Legacy:Cortes is famous because manily for march around mexico and his conquering of the atic empire in mexico .Cortes went to with 600 men nd few hourses.In 1511 Corteshad recoverd and sailed with Diego Veazquez to Conquar Cuba. At the age of 14 he had to study salamance.When Cortes sailed o island of Hispaniola he was only 19 years old.He became notary in 1511 ,when he joined Diego Velazques expodition to Cuba. In 1519 he had reached the yucaton and had embarked upon his journy into the main land

Additional/Interesting information:When Cortes was 19 he went to an island called Santo Domingo and stayed there for seven years. Cortes went along as his secarty and in reward for is clamis to handuras .By spanish moving up from the Isthumus of

Darin. Cortes ships went into harbar .In 1511 Cortes sailed to Cuba where he assisted Diego in his conquest.

Sources Cited (Hernan Cortes – 2nd Period)

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