The Spanish soldier Cortes is known as the conqueror of Mexico. He was born in the small town of Medellin Extremadura in 1485. He studied law at the University of Salamanca, but did master in a degree. In this article you will read about Hernan Cortes and his mission to conquer the Aztecs.

When Hernan Cortes was 18 he sailed with an expedition to Santo Domingo in the West Indies where he remained until 1511. In 1511 Don Diego Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus, sent Diego Velasquez with three hundred men to take Cuba. Velasquez invited Cortes to join him in his expedition to conquer Cuba. This was successful and Velasquez became governor and Cortes Mayor of Cuba.

Cortes, making promises he would not keep, finally earned Velasquez's trust and started to prepare for his voyage to find riches. Velasquez soon suspected Cortes of ambitions beyond his orders and canceled the expedition. Cortes, however, assembled men and equipment and set sail, on November 16,

The leader of the garrison there had slaughtered 600 Mexican nobles. As Cortes and his men reached the heart of the city, they were attacked by thousands of Aztec warriors. Montezuma was brought out to pacify his people, but they stoned him, and later he died of his wounds.

On Nov. 8, 1519, Cortes reached Tenochtitlan and was graciously received by Montezuma, the Aztec emperor. Soon after Cortes established headquarters in the capital he learned the Aztecs had plundered Veracruz. Quickly he seized Montezuma and forced him to surrender the attackers. Then he had them executed.

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