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Article: Hernán Cortés
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Hernán Cortés or Hernando Cortez , 1485-1547, Spanish
conquistador
, conqueror of Mexico.
Expedition to Mexico
Cortés went (1504) first to Hispaniola and later (1511) accompanied Diego de
Velázquez
to Cuba. In 1518 he was chosen to lead an expedition to Mexico. Although Velázquez later sought to recall his commission, Cortés sailed in Feb., 1519. In Yucatán he rescued a Spaniard who had learned the Mayan language; after a victory over the native people of Tabasco, Cortés acquired the services of a female slave Malinche—baptized Marina—who knew both Maya and Aztec. Having proceeded up the coast, Cortés ...
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