HERNANDO CORTES

HE WAS FROM CUBA

THE SPANISH RULER NAMED DIEGO VELASQUEZ SPONSORED CORTES

CORTES' ROUTE

CORTES LANDED IN MEXICO AND WALKED TO THE CITY OF TENOCHTITLAN

FACTS

• Cortes traveled to Mexico with 600 men, 20 horses and 10 small cannons.
• It took Cortes two years to conquer Mexico.
• Cortes and his men were disgusted when they found out that the Aztecs sacrificed humans to their gods.

MORE FACTS

• In 1536 Cortes led an expedition that discovered Baja, California
• Cortes retired from a soldier's life in 1541. He lived in luxury in Spain until his death in 1547

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