Hernan Cortes was a Spaniard. He was born in Extremadura, south'west Spain. He took the determination of conquering the Aztec empire. He ignored the orders to return back to Cuba and send emisaires directly to the king of Spain. He had a child with the Aztec interpreter.
Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the colonization of the Americas.
Hernando Cortes first arrived in the New World in 1504 in Hispaniola, then under Spanish rule. Cortes is better known for his conquering of the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico in 1521.
Spain
Cortes travelled to the New World across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain, and eventually to Mexico, where he explored Baja California and the Mexican west coast.
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Hernando Cortes is from Spain.
Hernando Cortes first arrived in the New World in 1504 in Hispaniola, then under Spanish rule. Cortes is better known for his conquering of the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico in 1521.
Mexico
In a boat, of course.
Hernando Cortes explored for spain
Hernando Cortes grew up in Medellin, Spain.
Hernando Cortes sailed to the Americas in the 1500s under the Spanish flag. He was vital to Spain's influence in the Americas, and is best known for the defeat of the Aztecs.
Spain
Cortes travelled to the New World across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain, and eventually to Mexico, where he explored Baja California and the Mexican west coast.
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Between 1500-1547