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Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico

  
Cortez 2Hernan Cortes is widely known as the conquerer of Mexico. He is also known for bringing the Christian church to the Mexican peoples. This website is intended give accurate information about the man himself and, more specifically, his journey into and the conquest of Mexico. It will give a brief look at his life before and after Mexico. It will focus much more on the actual conquest and the reaction of the Spanish Conquistadors to the Aztecs.






Cortes at the age of 63.
(El Cortes Valeroso y Mexicana, British Museum)