Hernan Cortes was born in 1485 in the town of Medellin, Spain. His parents were minor nobles. Cortes' mother was known and described as a religious and honorable woman. At the age of fourteen, Cortes was sent by his parents to the University of Salamonco. There Cortes studied and read grammar. His pour health caused him to discontinue his study. Nevertheless, Cortes read many

So, the soldiers cheered and told Cortes that they would follow his path.

Duiker and Spielvogel, World History, 3rd ed., 2001

In 1519, Hernan Cortes and an army of five hundred Spanish soldiers arrived in Mexico. They arrived in a fleet of eleven ships. Once Cortes' soldiers stepped onto land, many of them were divided in the desire of wealth and the fear of defeat and death. Many of them expressed themselves and their concerns,

immortal." "Let us go back to Cuba, let us sail back," others said in mutiny. "But there are no ships," Cortes answered, "I have sunk the ships, right here. There is no way but up, there is no retreat. We must go forward to Mexico and see if this great Moctezuma is as great as he proclaims himself to be."

Moctezuma had heard of Cortes' arrival and presumed that Cortes was the God "Quetzalcoatl". In the Aztec legend, Quetz

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