The adventures of
Hernan Cortes
by Jeremy Frye
Route of exploration
Cortes was a noblemen
Cortés was born in the Spanish
city of Medellín in 1485. When
he was a young man, he studied
law, but he soon gave that up
to seek his fortune in the New
World that was just being
discovered by Columbus and
others.
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Flag’s
Cortes conquered the
Aztec empire for
Spain. This is the
Spanish flag.
Cortes lived in Cuba. This
is the Cuban flag.
This is the Aztec
Empire’s flag.
Important facts/dates
He was born in 1485
He died December 2, 1547
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He was a conquistador
Cortes is known for the Spanish
conquest of the Aztec Empire
In 1519 he went to Mexico for
gold, silver, and adventure
Gold Silver and ADVENTURE
The reason he came to the Aztec Empire is
to find gold during an adventure. When they
offered him gold, thinking he was a god, it
made him want even more gold. That is why
he stayed and held the emperor prisoner.
The many faces of
Hernán Cortés, marquis del Valle de Oaxaca
This is Cortes’s ship
The affects of his
exploration
Cortes’ exploration led to the spread of small
pox which killed many people.
He also talked the Indians into helping him
conquer the aztec.
He held the the Aztec Emperor prisoner in his
own city for 6 months.
Timeline of Cortés's life
--1485- Born in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain
--1499- attends university of Salamanca
--1501- he failed college and left to returen to Medellin
--1502- Cortes heard stories about the expedition to the West Indies
--1511- Hernan Cortes goes to the expedition of Cuba
--1513- The town of Bayamo was established in Cuba
--1514- He becomes a rancher in Cuba
--1514- towns in Cuba were founded
--1518- captains an expedition to an established colony to Mexico
--1519- February 19, cortes sets sail to Mexico
--1519- March, cortes lands in Mexico and suppresses a town called Tabasco and he meets his translator
Malinche
--1519- Sails from the Yucatan peninsula and marched to Tenochtitlan
--1520- Hernan Cortes is attacked by Aztec warriors on his way to Tenochtitlan
--1520- Cortes and his soliders are forced out of Tenochtitlan
--1521- He returns to Tenichtitlan with reinforcements
--1521- A plague strikes and many Aztecs are killed
--1528- returns to Spain and he was given the title "Marques Del Valle De Oaxaca"
--1530- he returns to the new world and settles in Cuernavaca, Mexico
--1533- Makes a final expedition and discoveres Baja, California
--1534- explored California for a year and went back to Mexico
--1540- returns to Spain for the last time
--1541- permission to fight against the Moors and Pirates of Algiers
--1547- december 2nd, he dies near Seville
This is Cortés's signature
Spaniards rule Mexico
After a short trip away from the
Aztec capital Cortez returned and
was attacked by the Aztec warriors.
The Spaniards fled with pockets of
gold. Some of them drowned in the
lake because the heavy pockets full
of gold.
The Spaniards surrounded the village
for a year and after the Aztec’s had
suffered from small pox they
attacked and won the city in 1521.
The Aztec Empire lay in ruins.
Aztec poet wrote a sad poem about the mistreatment of his
people:
We are crushed to the ground; we lie in ruins. There is nothing
but grief and suffering in Mexico, were once we saw beauty
and valor.